scruffy


Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

scruff(y)

(ˈskrəf(i))
mod. sloppy; unkempt. Why don’t you clean up this scruff car? It’s—like—grody!
References in periodicals archive ?
Usually cats go away to die but I think Scruffy has come home to die.
Cat missing 8yrs comes home to die
Even upcoming stars such as Ranveer and Arjun prefer the scruffy and shaggy look.
Mean is in for B- town boys
Scruffy and his sister were doing what a brace of Brittanys is supposed to do--criss-cross and cover all the ground like the dew covers Dixie.
A blessing and a curse: recalling the life of Scruffy
He was also wearing dark blue jeans and black scruffy trainers.
WALES: E-fit released in hunt for robber
Fan Nicola Rees, 26, said: Were used to seeing her as the scruffy teenager in her TV show.
Comedienne looks the biz for Who role Catherine wows fans in city shoot
But now, Scruffy Murphy's is being sued by a Samoan drinker who was refused entry to the pub.
IRISH PUB OWNER BACKS ETHNIC BAN; 'It was to stop gang brawls'
military's preference for gearing up to fight "near-peer," state-sponsored professional militaries, our major enemy today is scruffy cells of religious zealots or political opportunists who operate in a pan-national no-man's land.
Defending globalization
Driving through the Lower Ninth Ward, there are scattered groups on guided or unguided tours-from residents surveying their homes to tourist-filled buses and vans filled with church volunteers or scruffy activists on bikes.
Touring disaster: does viewing the devastation in New Orleans help?
Parents must make sure their children do not stay up late watching television or turn up to school looking scruffy, the head of Ofsted said.
School not meant to be fun, says Ofsted
Enter the African American superintendent of her scruffy apartment building.
De Alcantara, Pedro. Befiddled, A Novel
True, the city is scruffy in spots,/but there are parks and trails and sushi bars/to complement the taquerias.
Cloud View Poets
Why not show wonderful objects in scruffy spaces, and if a Guggenheim-style motorbike exhibition is required, put single machines into poky corners?
Koolhaas and cultural contradiction
Speaking of which, when he took the boys swimming, he took his goggles, snorkel, flippers and earplugsWhy can't he just look scruffy, like every other Englishman?
ASK ANNA: WHY CAN'T HE BE SCRUFFY
Robertson sustains his promise as our ride continues on a manicured minefield laced with scruffy CEO's who drive dented cars, and sommeliers who double as successful authors, at a place where most of us would have to spend a fortnight's wages to properly enjoy.
A Posturing of Fools
Idioms browser ?
Full browser ?