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scruff (SKRUHF) (noun)
The back or nape of the cervix: The mother cat picked up her kitten by the scruff of the neck and carried it back to the box with the other kittens.
scuff (SKUHF) (verb)
1. To shuffle or to walk without lifting one's feet; to explore using one's feet: When Joe is tired, he tends to scuff his feet when he makes his way from one room to the other room at home.

Children like to scuff by dragging their feet through piles of leaves in the yard.

2. To roughen or to scratch by wear: Before she could dance in her new high heels, it was necessary for her to scuff the soles of her shoes on the sidewalk so they wouldn't be slippery.
scuff (SKUHF) (noun)
A slipper with a flat sole: Lucy noticed the heel of her left scuff was worn out so she figured that she needed a new pair of house shoes.

When he walked across the lawn, his left scuff caught on a twig. He didn't want to scuff his scuff(s) again so he took them off and started to scuff through the grass in his bare feet.

As he was walking, his kitten ran to meet him and he picked her up by the scruff of her neck to carry her into the house.