scruff
/skrʌf/noun
उच्चारण स्क्रफ़
मैला-कुचैला व्यक्ति, फटेहाल
Core word
noun
- 1
[C] British, informal
a person who looks dirty or untidy
मैला-कुचैला व्यक्ति, फटेहाल
- He looked a real scruff in his torn jeans.
- I felt like a scruff beside my smartly dressed cousins.
- Don't go out looking like a scruff, comb your hair!
+ 2 more examples
- He was a scruff at school but is now neat and tidy.
- The film's hero plays an honest scruff who lives in a shed.
¶Idioms 1
by the scruff of the neck
roughly holding the back of a person's or an animal's neck
गरदन पकड़कर, गिरेबान से पकड़कर
- The guard grabbed the thief by the scruff of the neck.
- She picked the kitten up by the scruff of the neck.
◇Word family
scruffy adjective