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How to pronounce scruff in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms nape, nucha
Type of back end, backside, rear

Examples of scruff

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Mancini must learn from how the players took the game by the scruff of the neck.
From the independent.co.uk
Scruff, we old people got this way because we were once young, and so will you.
From the dailymercury.com.au
It is the compelling atmosphere of this work that seizes us by the scruff though.
From the independent.co.uk
He recycled harmonies, he relied on the scruff, and the songs pulled its punches.
From the entertainment.time.com
We approach beards with scruff on our jaws in the winter, and then we retreat.
From the orlandosentinel.com
And you have an adventure dragging you out the door by the scruff of the neck.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Do not count on government lets do it our selves, take the scruff by the neck.
From the guardian.co.uk
It is simple enough to pick them up by the scruff of the neck and put them outside.
From the newscientist.com
It took the captain to take things by the scruff and show the way in the next game.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Nape: the back side of the neck
  • Scruff is a 2002 television series by D'ocon entertainment. It features the story of a puppy, Scruff, who is adopted by a farmworker named Peter. The show was directed by Antoni D'Ocon. The show was distributed in English by BKN.
  • Someone with an untidy appearance; crust; To lift or carry by the scruff
  • To scrape or cut the turf with the club head before hitting the ball.
  • 1. shabby, untidy, slovenly person. 2. to pluck the feathers from a fowl.
  • Occurs when the course turf is hit with a club before the ball.
  • Loose skin on a cats neck