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skruff

skruff is the obsolete form of scruff.

Meaning of scruff

Noun (1)

scruff (countable and uncountable, plural scruffs)

  1. Someone with an untidy appearance.
    • That candidate will never get the job: he's a right scruff.
  2. Stubble, facial hair (on males).
  3. (obsolete) Crust.
  4. (obsolete) Scurf.

Noun (2)

scruff (plural scruffs)

  1. The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals.
  2. (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.

See all 7 meanings of scruff

Forms of skruff

pluralskruffs

Questions about skruff

What is skruff the obsolete form of?
Skruff is the obsolete form of scruff.

Words near skruff in the dictionary

  1. skronky
  2. skrrt
  3. skrrted
  4. skrrting
  5. skrt
  6. skruff
  7. skruffs
  8. skrunklier
  9. skrunklies
  10. skrunkliest
  11. skrunkly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skruff (page history and authors); scruff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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