Какво означава scruff на английски?

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scruff Значение & определение

0 by the skin at the back of the neck:
- Cats carry their kittens by the scruff of the neck.
- I took/grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and threw him out of the hall.
1 a dirty and untidy person:
- I feel a bit of a scruff in my jeans.
2 clothes that are not formal or suitable for work or special occasions, especially old or worn clothes:
- I always get changed into my scruffs as soon as I get home from work.
- Why can't we look as good as that in our scruffs?
3 the scruff of your neck the back of your neck:
- She grabbed the dog by the scruff of his neck and hung on to him.

I did not know it but what may start in the scruff of the neck may end up anywhere.
Most of the disabled take life by the scruff of the neck.
Apparently, the new technology which has been suggested involves a chip in the scruff of the neck of the dog, but the technology has not yet been perfected.
Constables would grab hold of demonstrators by an arm or leg, or by the scruff of the neck, and drag them at the double the full length of the square.
You may take the working man—he may be a wretched waiter—and collar him by the scruff of the neck and put him in an internment camp.
He took the race by the scruff of the neck.
Cats with the condition can not be grasped by the scruff, as this may tear away.
Scruff first appears in season 14 and has appeared in seasons 15, 16 and 17.