scruff

n.
The back of the neck; the nape.

[Alteration of dialectal scuft, scuff.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the back side of the neck
  Synonyms: nape, nucha

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - nakkeskind, tyndt lag, affald, skæl
v. tr. - tage i nakken (et dyr)

2.
n. - sjusket person

Nederlands (Dutch)
smeerlap, smeerpoets, nekhaar

Français (French)
1.
n. - nuque, peau de la nuque, peau du cou
v. tr. - attraper (qn) par la peau du cou

2.
n. - personne habillée salement/d'allure peu soignée

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Genick
v. - beim Genick packen

2.
n. - (ugs.) vergammelter Typ, Schlampe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σβέρκος

Italiano (Italian)
crosta, rifiuto, sudicione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nuca (f)

Русский (Russian)
загривок, шиворот, тонкая корочка, отбросы, презренный металл (о деньгах), грязнуля

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - nuca, cogote, cerviz
v. tr. - tomar a un animal por su nuca

2.
n. - escoria

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nackskinn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
颈背, 浮渣, 后颈

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 頸背, 浮渣, 後頸

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 목덜미, 의복의 낙낙한 부분 (코트 깃 등), 뒷덜미
v. tr. - 목덜미를 잡다

2.
n. - 스크러프 (주석 도금 때 생기는 앙금), 궁상맞은 놈, 비듬

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 襟首, えり首

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مؤخر ألعنق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עורף, אחורי הצוואר‬
v. tr. - ‮טיפל בשטחיות, הקל ראש ב-, כיסה בקרום‬
n. - ‮עורף, אחורי הצוואר‬

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