Scruff (Noun)
Meaning
The back side of the neck.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- She gently scratched the soft skin at the back of his neck, her fingers running through the short hair in the scruff of his neck.
- He rested his chin on his hands and exposed the vulnerable skin in the scruff of his neck, giving away his weariness.
- In the fading light of day, she loved the way his shirt fell just so, accentuating the shape of his scruff.
- When her cat jumped up behind her and bit the scruff of her neck, she was momentarily frightened before laughter set in.
- A childhood gesture came back to her when her partner grabbed her in the scruff of the neck in playful mimicry of how her mom had picked her up years ago.