scruff vs slime

scruff

noun
  • Someone with an untidy appearance. 

  • The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck. 

  • The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals. 

  • Stubble, facial hair (on males). 

verb
  • To lift or carry by the scruff. 

slime

noun
  • A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball. 

  • A monster having the form of a slimy blob. 

  • Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”) 

  • Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. 

  • Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs. 

  • A friend; a homie. 

verb
  • To besmirch or disparage. 

  • To carve (fish), removing the offal. 

  • To coat with slime. 

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