🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

목덜미

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mokdeolmi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Scuft/skʌft/
nounverbCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 그의 목덜미를 잡았다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The back of the neck or the scruff.

    "He grabbed the dog by the scuft of its neck."
As verb
  1. 1

    To strike, cuff, or handle roughly by the neck.

    "The older boy threatened to scuft him if he didn't hand over the toy."

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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived as a variant of 'scuff' or 'scuft', related to Old Norse terms involving the back of the neck or nape. Historically used in dialectal English to mean striking or seizing by the neck.

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