Usually means: Back of neck; untidy beard.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. scruff: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scruff: Merriam-Webster
  3. scruff, scruff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scruff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. scruff: Collins English Dictionary
  6. scruff: Vocabulary.com
  7. Scruff, scruff: Wordnik
  8. scruff: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. scruff: Wiktionary
  10. scruff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. scruff: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. scruff: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. scruff: Dictionary.com
  14. scruff: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. scruff: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Scruff (TV series), Scruff (anatomy), Scruff (app), Scruff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Scruff: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. scruff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. scruff: Rhymezone
  20. scruff: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. scruff: FreeDictionary.org
  22. scruff: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. scruff: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scruff: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scruff: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. scruff, scruff, scruff: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. scruff: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. scruff: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. scruff: Golfer's Dictionary

(Note: See scruffing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Someone with an untidy appearance.
noun:  Stubble, facial hair (on males).
noun:  (obsolete) Crust.
noun:  (obsolete) Scurf.
noun:  The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals.
noun:  (rare) The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck.
verb:  (transitive) To lift or carry by the scruff.

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