Scruff

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /skɹʌf/
  • Audio (UK)
  • Rhymes: -ʌf

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Etymology 1[edit]

See scurf.

Noun[edit]

scruff (countable and uncountable, pluralscruffs)

  1. Someone with an untidy appearance.
    That candidate will never get the job: he's a right scruff.
  2. Stubble, facial hair (on males).
  3. (obsolete)Crust.
  4. (obsolete)Scurf.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
  • Finnish: törkimys(fi), epäsiisti henkilö
  • Spanish: zarrapastroso(es)

Etymology 2[edit]

A kitten being carried by its scruff.
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1790, from earlier (1787) scuft, influenced by scruff(“crust”). Related to North Frisianskuft(“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutchschoft(“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norseskopt(“hair of the head”), Gothic𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄(skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High Germanschopf (GermanSchopf).[1]

Noun[edit]

scruff (pluralscruffs)

  1. The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals.
  2. (rare) The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck.
    He grabbed his unruly child by the scruff of the neck, and took him home.
Usage notes[edit]

Strictly refers to the loose skin at the back of the neck – found on many mammals, though not humans – rather than the back of the neck itself. While this distinction is not always observed, scruff is used almost exclusively in the phrase “to grab [someone/something] by the scruff [of the neck]”.

Synonyms[edit]
  • nucha, nuchal(medical)
  • withers(of a horse)
Translations[edit]
loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals
  • Bashkir: елкә(yelkä)
  • Finnish: niskanahka
  • Galician: pescozo(gl)m
  • Icelandic: hnakkadrambn
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: nakkeskinnn
    Nynorsk: nakkeskinnn
  • Russian: загри́вок(ru)m(zagrívok)
  • Spanish: pescuezo(es)m
  • Swedish: nackskinnet
  • Bashkir: елкә(yelkä)
  • Catalan: clotellm
  • Finnish: niskavillat
  • Galician: pescozo(gl)m
  • German: Schlafittchen(de)n
  • Russian: шки́рка(ru)m(škírka)(informal)
  • Spanish: pescuezo(es)m

Verb[edit]

scruff (third-person singular simple presentscruffs, present participlescruffing, simple past and past participlescruffed)

  1. To lift or carry by the scruff.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “scruff”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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scruff

(skrŭf)
n.
[Alteration of dialectal scuft, scuff.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

scruff

(skrʌf) n
the nape of the neck (esp in the phrase by the scruff of the neck)
[C18: variant of scuft, perhaps from Old Norse skoft hair; related to Old High German scuft]

scruff

(skrʌf) n
2. informal a disreputable person, ruffian
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

scruff

Scruff (skrʌf)

Scruffy Dogs

n.
[1780–90; alter. of dial. scuff, scuft < Dutch schoft horse's withers]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Noun1.scruff - the back side of the neck
nape, nucha
cervix, neck - the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; 'he admired her long graceful neck'; 'the horse won by a neck'
back end, backside, rear - the side of an object that is opposite its front; 'his room was toward the rear of the hotel'
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scruff

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
zátylek
hnakkadramb
pakarpa
Scruff

scruff

Scruffy Dog

[skrʌf]N
2. (= untidy person) → dejado/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

scruff

[ˈskrʌf]

Www.scruff.com

n
(= nape) by the scruff of the neck →
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

scruff

1

Scruffy Beard

scruff

2App
n (inf: = scruffy person) (= woman) → Schlampef (inf); (= man) → (inf)
Surprise
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

scruff

[skrʌf]n
b. (fam) (untidy person) → sciattone/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

scruff

(skraf)

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: the scruff of the neck
the back of the neck by which an animal can be grasped or lifted. She picked up the cat by the scruff of the neck. nekvel مُؤَخَّرَة العُنْق тил cangote zátylek das Genick nakkeskind σβέρκοςcogote, pescuezo turi پس گردن niskakarvat peau עוֹר הָעוֹרֵף गरदन nabori kože na šiji tarkó(bőr) belakang leher binatang hnakkadramb collottola 首筋 목덜미 sprandas, pakarpa skausts; sprands dengan memegang tengkuk nekvelnakkeskinnkark څټ ( داورميږ ) د څټ پوستكى cachaço ceafă загривок; шиворот zátylok koža (na zatilju) zatiljak nackskinn: nackskinnet, hampan, kragen หลังคอ; ต้นคอ ense kökü (動物的)頸背 загривок, карк گدّی، پشت گردن gáy, cần cổ 颈背
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