"scruff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /skɹʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav Forms: scruffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: See scurf. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scruff (countable and uncountable, plural scruffs)
  1. Someone with an untidy appearance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Someone with an untidy appearance): мърльо (mǎrljo) [masculine] (Bulgarian), törkimys (Finnish), epäsiisti henkilö (Finnish), Schmutzfink [masculine] (German), brudas [masculine] (Polish), niedomytek [masculine] (Polish), kocmołuch [masculine] (Polish), fleja [feminine] (Polish), flejtuch [masculine] (Polish), prosię [neuter] (Polish), świntuch [masculine] (Polish), szuszwol (english: Greater Poland) [dialectal, masculine] (Polish), niechluj [masculine] (Polish), zarrapastroso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-noun-5JFeAagK Disambiguation of 'Someone with an untidy appearance': 92 5 2 1
  2. Stubble, facial hair (on males). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hair
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  3. (obsolete) Crust. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-noun-4tWWmcvt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 31 25 8 23 5 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 29 45 6 11 4 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 31 36 3 13 5 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 32 37 4 11 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 6 35 34 4 13 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 34 35 3 12 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 6 34 34 4 13 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 35 34 4 13 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 35 34 4 13 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 31 36 4 13 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 6 35 34 4 13 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 7 34 33 4 12 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 1 30 53 1 13 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 35 34 3 13 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 32 38 3 14 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 28 50 1 12 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 35 35 3 13 4 5
  4. (obsolete) Scurf. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-noun-bvrK9Wn2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Apple scruff, scruffy
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /skɹʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav Forms: scruffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: 1790, from earlier (1787) scuft, influenced by scruff (“crust”). Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf). Etymology templates: {{cog|frr|skuft||back of the neck of a horse}} North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”), {{cog|nl|schoft||withers (of a horse)}} Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{cog|non|skopt||hair of the head}} Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄||hair of the head}} Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), {{cog|gmh|schopf}} Middle High German schopf, {{cog|de|Schopf}} German Schopf Head templates: {{en-noun}} scruff (plural scruffs)
  1. The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals. Translations (loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals): елкә (yelkə) (Bashkir), niskanahka (Finnish), pescozo [masculine] (Galician), hnakkadramb [neuter] (Icelandic), nakkeskinn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nakkeskinn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cangote [masculine] (Portuguese), загри́вок (zagrívok) [masculine] (Russian), pescuezo [masculine] (Spanish), nackskinnet (Swedish)
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  2. (rare) The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck. Tags: rare Translations (scruff of the neck): елкә (yelkə) (Bashkir), тил (til) [masculine] (Bulgarian), clotell [masculine] (Catalan), niskavillat (Finnish), pescozo [masculine] (Galician), Schlafittchen [neuter] (German), Genick [neuter] (German), шки́рка (škírka) [informal, masculine] (Russian), pescuezo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-noun-HkT3BT-1 Disambiguation of 'scruff of the neck': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nape, nucha, nuchal (english: medical), withers (english: of a horse)
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /skɹʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav Forms: scruffs [present, singular, third-person], scruffing [participle, present], scruffed [participle, past], scruffed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: 1790, from earlier (1787) scuft, influenced by scruff (“crust”). Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf). Etymology templates: {{cog|frr|skuft||back of the neck of a horse}} North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”), {{cog|nl|schoft||withers (of a horse)}} Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{cog|non|skopt||hair of the head}} Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄||hair of the head}} Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), {{cog|gmh|schopf}} Middle High German schopf, {{cog|de|Schopf}} German Schopf Head templates: {{en-verb}} scruff (third-person singular simple present scruffs, present participle scruffing, simple past and past participle scruffed)
  1. (transitive) To lift or carry by the scruff. Tags: transitive Related terms: scuff
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-verb-C0efMSiL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "1790, from earlier (1787) scuft, influenced by scruff (“crust”). Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf).",
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      "glosses": [
        "The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals."
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          "text": "He grabbed his unruly child by the scruff of the neck, and took him home.",
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        "The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck."
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        "(rare) The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck."
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      "word": "nucha"
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      "english": "medical",
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      "english": "of a horse",
      "word": "withers"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yelkə",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "word": "елкә"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "word": "niskanahka"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hnakkadramb"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "nakkeskinn"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nakkeskinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cangote"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagrívok",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "загри́вок"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescuezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "word": "nackskinnet"
    },
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      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yelkə",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "word": "елкә"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "til",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тил"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clotell"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "word": "niskavillat"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
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      "word": "Schlafittchen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Genick"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "škírka",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шки́рка"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescuezo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Scruff (anatomy)"
  ],
  "word": "scruff"
}

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      "form": "scruffing",
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      "form": "scruffed",
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    {
      "word": "scuff"
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          "ref": "2023, Anastasia Ryan, You Should Smile More:",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lift or carry by the scruff."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To lift or carry by the scruff."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/skɹʌf/"
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