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scruff

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. scruff (noun)
  2. roughscuff (noun)

scruff

noun \ˈskrəf\

Definition of SCRUFF

: the back of the neck : nape
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Examples of SCRUFF

  1. She held the kitten by the scruff of its neck.

Origin of SCRUFF

alteration of earlier scuff, of unknown origin
First Known Use: 1790

Rhymes with SCRUFF

bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, muff, puff, rough, ruff, scuff, slough, snuff, sough, stuff, tough, tuff

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