scouse

American  

[skous] / skaʊs /

noun

1. a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.

   You can't visit Liverpool without delving into a piping hot bowl of scouse.

2. Usually Scouse

   1. a Scouser.

   2. the dialect spoken in Liverpool, England.

      If there's anyone out there who understands Scouse, maybe you can help us translate this video!

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adjective

1. Often Scouse relating to a person or people from Liverpool or to the dialect spoken there.

   She still speaks with a Scouse accent.

Scouse ¹ British  

/ skaʊs /

noun

1. Also called: Scouser.  a person who lives in or comes from Liverpool

2. the dialect spoken by such a person

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adjective

1. of or from Liverpool; Liverpudlian

scouse ² British  

/ skaʊs /

noun

1. dialect a stew made from left-over meat

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Etymology

Origin of scouse

First recorded in 1830–40; short for lobscouse

Example Sentences

He says he's delighted to be performing at the Royal Court, where audiences can tuck into a bowl of scouse in the auditorium before many of the shows.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025

The place is "abuzz" according to the city region mayor, while Claire McColgan of Culture Liverpool said the scouse capital was "full of love, compassion and joy".

From BBC • May 12, 2023

They had waited 10 years for this, just the last of three decades of frustration for Liverpool supporters that included tragedy and heartbreak yet rarely silenced the passionate scouse voices singing in the Kop.

From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2020

It says on your Twitter profile you make a mean pan of scouse stew… I do that but nothing else.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2019

Even a scouse of mouldy biscuit met the approval of Loolowcan.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 by Various