scuzz

scuzz

1. slang Dirt, filth, or grime. I can't use this towel to clean the dishes? It's all covered in scuzz! Between the scuzz in the sink and the stench of cigarettes in the sheets, this has to be the most disgusting hotel room I've ever stayed in.
2. slang A dirty, nasty person. I got stuck next to a total scuzz on the train ride home. He smelled like rotten eggs! We were all scuzzes by the end of our camping trip.
3. slang By extension, a contemptible, despicable person; a scumbag. I don't trust a thing that scuzz says! What kind of a scuzz defrauds elderly clients out of their life savings?

scuzz out

To disgust, repulse, or nauseate someone; to gross someone out. A noun or pronoun can be used between "scuzz" and "out." The price was right for the budget motel, but the room they gave me totally scuzzed me out. I feel like these gory movies are aiming more to scuzz out the audience than to scare them.
See also: out, scuzz

scuzz up

1. slang To make something dirty, grimy, or filthy. In each usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "scuzz" and "up." The kids and the dogs scuzzed my new rug up almost immediately. We've scuzzed up our planet so badly at this point that I don't know if we can repair the damage that's been done.
2. slang To make someone or something more coarse, unrefined, or unpolished in style, appearance, or manner. The grunge band performed a cover of Elvis's "Blue Suede Shoes," but they scuzzed it up almost beyond recognition. I hate the way people these days scuzz up our beautiful language on social media and the like.
See also: scuzz, up

scuzzbag

1. slang A dirty, nasty person. I got stuck next to a total scuzzbag on the train ride home. He smelled like rotten eggs! We were all scuzzbags by the end of our camping trip.
2. slang By extension, a contemptible, despicable person; a scumbag. I don't trust a thing that scuzzbag says! What kind of a scuzzbag defrauds elderly clients out of their life savings?

scuzzball

1. slang A dirty, nasty person. I got stuck next to a total scuzzball on the train ride home. He smelled like rotten eggs! We were all scuzzballs by the end of our camping trip.
2. slang By extension, a contemptible, despicable person; a scumbag. I don't trust a thing that scuzzball says! What kind of a scuzzball defrauds elderly clients out of their life savings?

scuzzbucket

1. slang A dirty, nasty person, place, or thing. I got stuck next to a total scuzzbucket on the train ride home. He smelled like rotten eggs! You end up staying in a lot of scuzzbuckets when you backpack across Europe on a shoestring budget.
2. slang A contemptible, despicable person; a scumbag. I don't trust a thing that scuzzbucket says! What kind of a scuzzbucket defrauds elderly clients out of their life savings?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

scuzz someone out

Sl. to nauseate someone. He had this unreal face that almost scuzzed me out! It's not nice to scuzz out people like that, especially when you hardly know them.
See also: out, scuzz
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

scuz(z)

(skəz)
1. n. filth. What is this scuzz all over the floor?
2. n. a nasty person; an undesirable person; a scraggly person. And this scuzz comes up to me and asks me to dance, and I’m like, “What?”

scuzz someone out

tv. to nauseate someone. It’s not nice to scuzz out people like that, especially when you hardly know them.
See also: out, scuzz, someone

scuzzbag

and scuzzbucket
n. a despicable person. (Rude and derogatory.) Look, scuzzbucket, we don’t want your kind around here.

scuzzbucket

verb
See scuzzbag
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • scuz
  • scuzzes
  • scuzz up
  • clean out
  • clean someone out
  • scuzz out
  • scuzz someone out
  • scuzzed
  • scuzzed out
  • scuzzing
References in periodicals archive
But watch what Rodefer has done: "plaine d'escuz" ("full of ecus") is the basis for Rodefer's "plain scuzz." "Smelling good" is suggested by parfonde: the word literally means "deep," like modern French profond or English "profound," of course, but Rodefer lets it lead him by the ear to French parfum ("perfume)--and, volia, fragrant balls.
In the end, though, Channing gets a chance to ride Stripes in the Kentucky Open--with a little help from Tucker and a couple of smart-alecky horseflies named Buzz (Steve Harvey) and Scuzz (David Spade).
Even one of its own partners termed Finley, Kumble a "scuzz pile." And most of this book is one long, tedious illustration of this point, as Kumble unburdens himself of his hitherto concealed distaste for the men he invited onto his dream boat, and who, in 1987, one year before the firm sank, staged a mutiny and tossed him overboard.
The track, which is about 'finding the strength to face and escape your problems, to set your own bar higher', features Everybody Looks Famous' Alexis Pretorius, and has been aired on Alex Baker's Kerrang Radio Show and Aaron Philips' Amazing Radio Show, with the video premiering on Scuzz TV.
Hawkline stands between scuzz and folk with his morose half-baritone.
HEY ALASKA, whose debut video launched last week on the Scuzz TV channel, will be kicking things off before LIFELESS bring their "ideal soundtrack to a circle-pit" (Kerrang) to the stage after providing one of the highlights of 2009's event on the Homegrown stage.
Black Lips @ The Globe, Cardiff (today) RAUCOUS Atlanta 'flower punks' scuzz up their garage rock chops to promote new album 200 Million Thousand.
This time around we've got San Diego scuzz rocker Wavves' "Friends Were Gone" on the A-side, and San Francisco beach wizards Windsurf doing "Vapor Trails" on the flip.
Despite the racket, the scuzz and missing the target dress code, the lack of pretension and genuine buzz mean this nuts 'n bolts Paisley rock shop has plenty to crow about Crow Bar15 Shuttle Street Paisley
DVD Extras: Director commentary, How to Make Animals Talk featurette, The Music of Racing Stripes featurette, deleted scenes, alternative ending, out-takes reel, Buzz and Scuzz's Flying Fiasco interactive video game, The Racing Stripes Prequel virtual comic book, theatrical trailer.
And you cannot get through any festival without rumours of random things happening - 'Don't go to the Main Stage tonight because The Beatles are going to be playing a secret gig at the Radio Scuzz Unsigned Teepee at midnight.'
And, to keep the boys happy, there's much lowbrow knockabout and poop jokes from a double act of CGI horseflies, Buzz and Scuzz (voiced by Steve Harvey and David Spade), who also get to perform bursts of Walk This Way and, Ebony And Ivory; arguably preferable to hearing Bryan Adams doing the inspirational bit with the all too depressingly titled It Ain't Over Yet, or Sting's dreary end credits number.
-MEANWHILE Ms Dynamite nearly missed her pounds 24,000 two-song show at Sky TV's launch of three music channels Scuzz, The Amp and Flaunt because she was in Selfridges shopping for furniture.
Opener 'Some New Bones' is simultaneously intimate and vast, 'Hanging on the Glow' washes over you with gorgeous strings while 'Beard Song' comes with this helpful tip - 'just because you grow a beard, it doesn't make you cool - anyone can do it' 'Ambulance Song' is a cute little banger, a proper highlight while 'Weirdness' is just that - a convincing little ballad presented over lofi scuzz.
Burn, the band's first single from the new album, was premiered by Daniel P Carter on the Radio One Rock Show, while its video has been praised by Kerrang!, Team Rock, Scuzz and MTV Rocks.