Scuffing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A scuff mark.

    "From little marks perhaps, dents, scuffings on the walls where from time to time he had hurled objects in those fits of childish pique that seemed to be becoming more frequent with him."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scuff form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"They had let me roam the woods, scuffing the dry leaves in autumn, drinking water from the creeks in my cupped hands."

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