scraggle
/ˈskɹæɡəl/
scraggle verb: to make scraggly; to make rough, scruffy, or unkempt; to tousle.
Verb
scraggle (third-person singular simple present scraggles, present participle scraggling, simple past and past participle scraggled)
Noun
scraggle (plural scraggles)
- A small scraggly bit.
- The best, and most impressive, thing about A Man Like Eva is the central performance of Eva Mattes — in alarmingly convincing male drag — as the Fassbinder character. With a scraggle of beard pasted on her face, a battered fedora on her head, and a swarm of contempt on her lips, Mattes — who has...1986 February 1, Michael Bronski, “Mock Homage to Fassbinder's Life & Films”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 28, page 6
Forms of scraggle
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | scraggles |
| present participle | scraggling |
| past participle | scraggled |
| past | scraggled |
| Noun | |
| plural | scraggles |
Words formed from scraggle
Questions about scraggle
- What does scraggle mean?
- Scraggle means to make scraggly; to make rough, scruffy, or unkempt; to tousle.
- What part of speech is scraggle?
- Scraggle can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce scraggle?
- Scraggle is pronounced /ˈskɹæɡəl/.
- What is the past tense of scraggle?
- The past tense of scraggle is scraggled.
Words near scraggle in the dictionary
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