huncút

Inherited from Old Slovak huncút. First attested in the 17th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɦunt͡suːt/, [ˈɦunt͡suːt]
• Rhymes: -unt͡suːt
• Hyphenation: hun‧cút

huncút m pers (female equivalent huncútka, relational adjective huncútsky, diminutive huncútik, augmentative huncútisko)

1. (expressive) scalawag, scallywag (a person, usually young, who likes to do tricks or mischievous acts)

   Synonyms: beťár, lapaj, loptoš, šibal, furták

   • 2005, Jozef Cíger Hronský, edited by Tomáš Winkler, Proroctvo doktora Stankovského ; Žltý dom v Klokoči‎^[1], Matica slovenská, →ISBN, page 175:

     Za tými, že "sedliak je božie stvorenie, ale huncút od narodenia", väčšmi prebitý ako sedem fiškálov. Ak nedáš dosť pozor, uskočíťa, hoci k tomu takú tvár oblečie, že by si myslel, že si ani prsty nevie spočítať.

     Behind those words, that "a peasant is God's creature, but a scallywag from birth," he is shrewder than seven lawyers. If you don't pay close enough attention, he'll trick you, even while putting on such a face that you would think he can't even count his own fingers.

2. little one (affectionate term for a small child)

   Synonyms: drobec, špunt

• “huncút”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026