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scruff
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk??f/
- Rhymes: -?f
Etymology 1
See scurf.
Noun
scruff (countable and uncountable, plural scruffs)
- Someone with an untidy appearance.
- Stubble, facial hair (on males).
- (obsolete) Crust.
- (obsolete) Scurf.
Derived terms
- scruffy
Translations
Etymology 2
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 ???????????????????? (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf).
Noun
scruff (plural scruffs)
- The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals.
- (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
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
- nape
- nucha, nuchal (medical)
- withers (of a horse)
Translations
Verb
scruff (third-person singular simple present scruffs, present participle scruffing, simple past and past participle scruffed)
- To lift or carry by the scruff.
See also
- scuff
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stubble
English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?b.?l/
- Rhymes: -?b?l
Noun
stubble (usually uncountable, plural stubbles)
- (countable and uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
- (countable and uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
Synonyms
- (short hair on man’s face): five o'clock shadow
- stub
- stump
Related terms
- etiolate
- stipula
Translations
Verb
stubble (third-person singular simple present stubbles, present participle stubbling, simple past and past participle stubbled)
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