scruff

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

scruff [scruff scruffs] BrE [skrʌf] NAmE [skrʌf] noun (BrE, informal)
a dirty or untidy person
Idiom: ↑by the scruff of the neck

Word Origin:

late 18th cent. scuff n. early 16th cent. ‘flakes of skin’ scurf ‘flakes of skin’ ‘worthless thing’

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  nape, nucha