Please don't scuff your shoes on the recently mopped floor.
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Scuff
//skʌf//
Synonyms for "scuff" (185 found)
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Related words (92)
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11 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- тътря си краката verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
Czech
4 entries- odřít verb (to scrape the surface)
- ošoupat verb (to scrape the surface)
- podřít verb (to scrape the surface)
- šoupat nohama verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
Finnish
2 entries- laahustaa verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
- raahustaa verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
Hungarian
4 entries- horzsolás noun (scraping, usually with one's feet)
- karcolás noun (scraping, usually with one's feet)
- kopás noun (scraping, usually with one's feet)
- csoszog verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
Italian
4 entries- sfregamento noun (scraping, usually with one's feet)
- mancare verb (to mishit)
- sfregare verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
- strusciare verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
Portuguese
1 entries- arrastar verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
Romanian
1 entries- lufta verb (to mishit)
Russian
2 entries- волочи́ть но́ги verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
- ша́ркать verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
Spanish
1 entries- arrastrar verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
Ukrainian
1 entries- човгати verb (to scrape the feet while walking)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Maple syrup mixed with baby spit-up and shoe scuff?
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The lawns and gardens had been scuffed away.
Source: wiktionary
Wallace threw himself at it to connect with a flying header. He looked a certain scorer but his effort scuffed the inside of Fraser Forster’s post.
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