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

O'Grady rose to fame in the 1990s with his iconic scouse drag queen persona Lily Savage, going on to present game show Blankety Blank and other light entertainment programmes.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 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

"They're my mates. I spend a lot of my time with them" Singleton, in his born-and-bred scouse accent, said.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 16, 2013

The hard tack needed in making the scouse, however, will soon be exhausted, for, excepting a small quantity saved in tins, it is spoiling rapidly.

From The Last Cruise of the Saginaw by Read, George H.