skua

From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”), from Old Norse skúfr, of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskjuːə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: skewer (non-rhotic)

skua (plural skuas)

1. Any of various predatory seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.

• jaeger

skua (third-person singular simple present skuas, present participle skuaing, simple past and past participle skuaed)

1. (transitive, slang, Antarctica) To steal, or borrow without permission.
   • 2019, Elizabeth Bradfield, Toward Antarctica: An Exploration:

     We skua crew mess pastries and cheese, skua toe warmers, gloves. I skuaed her chocolate. Can't help it.

• skua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Aksu, Kasu, Kaus, Sauk, auks

From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”).

skua m (plural skuas)

1. great skua

   Synonym: grand labbe

• Skua on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• labbe

• “skua”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• skuene (of noun)
• skuet (of verb)

skua n

1. definite plural of skue

skua

1. inflection of skue:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle