scruff

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Someone with an untidy appearance.

   That candidate will never get the job: he's a right scruff.

2. noun Stubble, facial hair (on males).
3. noun Crust.
4. noun Scurf.
5. noun The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals.
6. noun 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.

7. verb To lift or carry by the scruff.

Similar words

nape scruffbag scruffball scruffbucket scrunge scuffler scuzz scrunt roughscuff scunge

Often followed by

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Word family

scruffs