Crossword clues for scruff
scruff
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scruff \Scruff\, n. [Cf. Scuff.] The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck.
Scruff \Scruff\, n. [See Scurf.] Scurf. [Obs.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"nape of the neck," 1790, altered (by influence of scruff "crust") from scuft (1787), probably related to North Frisian skuft "back of the neck of a horse" and Dutch schoft "withers of a horse," from a common Germanic source (compare Old Norse skopt "hair of the head," Gothic skuft, Middle High German schopf, German Schopf). Another theory holds it to be a variant of scurf.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 Someone with an untidy appearance 2 stubble, facial hair (on males) 3 (context obsolete English) crust 4 (context obsolete English) scurf Etymology 2
n. 1 The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals. 2 (context rare English) The back of the neck, nape; also '''scruff of the neck'''. vb. To lift or carry by the '''scruff'''.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Scruff may refer to:
- Mr. Scruff (born 1972), British DJ and artist
- Scruff (anatomy), a loose, non-sensitive area of skin by which a mother can carry her young
- Scruff Connors (born 1952), Canadian radio broadcaster
- Scruff (TV series), a 2002 television series.
- SCRUFF (app), a mobile application for gay men
Scruff is a 2000 television series by D'ocon entertainment based on a 1993 book by Cressida Cowell. It features the story of a puppy, Scruff, who is adopted by a farmworker named Peter. The show was directed by Antoni D'Ocon. The show was distributed in English by BKN. The series' animation is provided by Toon Boom Harmony creating the 2D traditional animated characters and a 3D computer-generated background.
Scruff (stylised as SCRUFF) is an international mobile application for gay men that runs on iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Apple Watch.
Usage examples of "scruff".
Then, as she moved, he stopped and caught up Bramble by the scruff of his neck.
He took Marvin Meskin up by the scruff of his neck and on the way to the elevator collected the bellboy.
Viscount Rosser from the table by the scruff of his neck, and give him a good thrashing for being so foolish and unfaithful.
He seized Warth by the scruff of his neck and dropped him with a thump beside the other wizards.
It was Banat on the doorstep, holding a small person by the scruff of the neck.
On the way, he was grabbed by the scruff of the neck and dragged to the fort.
Zanita was holding a drenched Hambone over the water by the scruff of his neck.
Rapid fire now: about the Scruff and Jackie in Johannesburg or Monrovia and the hushed word throughout the illicit arms trade that something was going down at a New York airport this week so stay clear.
A guard with his sword on his hip pursues the irrepressible Nardo up and down the black curtain, seizes him by the scruff of the neck and slips his head through the noose.
Holding Aziz an inch off the floor by the scruff of the coat, he plunged his hand into the pocket and came out with a wadded length of black fabric.
Fosh-bal-soj listened to their complaints and then with a sudden sweep of his right hand seized Bradley by the scruff of the neck and hurled him sprawling through the doorway upon the floor of the chamber.
So she took me to Ersh, the Senior Assimilator and Eldest of our Web, who promptly grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and tossed me off her mountain.
Peez said, picking the little bear up by the scruff of his neck and sticking him in the crook of her arm.
Raina emerged from the bush holding a blue fox by the scruff of its neck.
Her skin already looks exfoliated, plucked, scruffed, moisturized, and made up until she could be a piece of refinished furniture.