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scuft

UK/skʌft/

scuft noun: scruff; nape of the neck.

Noun

scuft (plural scufts)

  1. (UK, dialectal) scruff; nape of the neck

Forms of scuft

pluralscufts

Origin of scuft

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skuftą, similar to German Schopf (“tuft”).

Words that rhyme with scuft

6 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about scuft

What does scuft mean?
Scuft means scruff; nape of the neck.
What part of speech is scuft?
Scuft is a noun.
How do you pronounce scuft?
Scuft is pronounced /skʌft/ (UK).
What is the plural of scuft?
The plural of scuft is scufts.

Words near scuft in the dictionary

  1. scuffmark
  2. scuffmarks
  3. scuffs
  4. scuffs up
  5. scuffy
  6. scuft
  7. scufter
  8. scuftered
  9. scuftering
  10. scufters
  11. scufts

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