Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scruff
Participle: scruffed
Gerund: scruffing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scruff |
| you | scruff |
| he;she;it | scruffs |
| we | scruff |
| you | scruff |
| they | scruff |
Perfect
| I | have scruffed |
| you | have scruffed |
| he;she;it | has scruffed |
| we | have scruffed |
| you | have scruffed |
| they | have scruffed |
Past
| I | scruffed |
| you | scruffed |
| he;she;it | scruffed |
| we | scruffed |
| you | scruffed |
| they | scruffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had scruffed |
| you | had scruffed |
| he;she;it | had scruffed |
| we | had scruffed |
| you | had scruffed |
| they | had scruffed |
Future
| I | will scruff |
| you | will scruff |
| he;she;it | will scruff |
| we | will scruff |
| you | will scruff |
| they | will scruff |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scruffed |
| you | will have scruffed |
| he;she;it | will have scruffed |
| we | will have scruffed |
| you | will have scruffed |
| they | will have scruffed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scruff |
| you | scruff |
| he;she;it | scruff |
| we | scruff |
| you | scruff |
| they | scruff |
Perfect
| I | have scruffed |
| you | have scruffed |
| he;she;it | have scruffed |
| we | have scruffed |
| you | have scruffed |
| they | have scruffed |
Imperfect
| I | scruffed |
| you | scruffed |
| he;she;it | scruffed |
| we | scruffed |
| you | scruffed |
| they | scruffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had scruffed |
| you | had scruffed |
| he;she;it | had scruffed |
| we | had scruffed |
| you | had scruffed |
| they | had scruffed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scruff |
| you | would scruff |
| he;she;it | would scruff |
| we | would scruff |
| you | would scruff |
| they | would scruff |
Perfect
| I | would have scruffed |
| you | would have scruffed |
| he;she;it | would have scruffed |
| we | would have scruffed |
| you | would have scruffed |
| they | would have scruffed |
Imperative
| you | scruff |
| we | Let's scruff |
| you | scruff |
Verbs conjugated like 'scruff'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scruff'
scuff,
chuff,
cruft,
cuff,
gruff,
ruff,
sclaff,
scoff,
scrub,
scruffle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1790, from earlier (1787) scuft and dialect scuff, influenced by scruff (“crust”).
2. Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf).
Sample Sentences
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She gently scruffed the kitten who was trying to climb her leg. [2023, Anastasia Ryan, You Should Smile More:]