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Scuff

//skʌf// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mark left by scuffing or scraping. attributive, sometimes

    "Someone left scuff marks in the sand."

  2. 2
    A scurf; a scale.
  3. 3
    the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet) wordnet
  4. 4
    The sound of a scuff or scrape.

    "All you could hear was the rhythmic scuff of Mr. Stink’s battered brogues as he walked slowly along the road"

  5. 5
    The back part of the neck; the scruff.

    "One of the biggest and most redoubted of the Black Family was now in that seat of dignity, and, refusing surlily to yield it at Jasper's rude summons, was seized by the scuff of the neck, and literally hurled on the table in front."

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  1. 6
    a slipper that has no fitting around the heel wordnet
  2. 7
    A slipper. Australia, New-Zealand
  3. 8
    A (sudden) shower of rain or mist. Scotland, uncommon

    "It was a dark, gloomy day, with black clouds driven by the wind, and scuffs of grey showers scudding among the hilltops. Presently lying couched amid the heather we saw the dragoons come marching loosely two and two,[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To scrape the feet while walking.
  2. 2
    poke at with the foot or toe wordnet
  3. 3
    To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
  4. 4
    mar by scuffing wordnet
  5. 5
    To hit lightly, to brush against.

    "The lawns and gardens had been scuffed away."

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  1. 6
    get or become scuffed wordnet
  2. 7
    To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.

    "The Montenegro captain was finding space at will and followed up with a speculative shot that he scuffed wide, after Wales were slow in closing down the Juventus striker."

  3. 8
    walk without lifting the feet wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Scots scuff (“to touch lightly, graze, hit”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skúfa (“to shove, push aside”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Or, perhaps imitative. More at shove.

Etymology 2

From Scots scuff (“to touch lightly, graze, hit”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skúfa (“to shove, push aside”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Or, perhaps imitative. More at shove.

Etymology 3

See scuft

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