scruff
Kitten pickup spot
Scruff is the back of the neck, particularly the loose skin there.
It appears most often in the phrase by the scruff of the neck, describing how animals carry their young or how someone is grabbed firmly and somewhat roughly.
The word also refers to an unkempt or scruffy person, though this usage is less common.
As a verb, to scruff means to grab by the scruff: She scruffed the puppy and lifted it into the crate.
Head-body junction
- napeBack of neck
- collarNeck encirclement
- grabbingTaking hold suddenly
- grippingHolding attention completely
lifting · carrying · kitten · puppy · cub · mother · dominance · submission
neck
Head-body junction
gripping · lifting · carrying · kitten · puppy · cub · mother · dominance · submission · pinch
unshaven
Having facial bristles
beard · razor · fuzz · prickly · sandpaper · rugged · grooming · shave · growth · chin
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
rumpled · ragged · shabby · bedraggled · sloppy · mussed · tangled · windswept · frumpy · dowdy
scruffneatness
State of being tidy
tidiness · cleanliness · polish · elegance · immaculateness
- scruffy chicIntentionally tousled fashion aesthetic
scruffy, scruffiness, scruffily, scruffs, scruffed, scruffing