scuff
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skʌf/
- Rhymes: -ʌf
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”). More at English shove.
Verb
scuff (third-person singular simple present scuffs, present participle scuffing, simple past and past participle scuffed)
- To scrape the feet while walking.
- To hit lightly, to brush against.
- 1979, V. S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River:
- The lawns and gardens had been scuffed away.
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- To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
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Noun
scuff (plural scuffs)
- (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
- Someone left scuff marks in the sand.
- 2015, Charles W. Jones, Hydrangeas on the Lanai
- He flung his shoes across the room, their soles leaving black scuffs on the dingy wall.
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Translations
scraping, usually with one's feet
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Noun
scuff (plural scuffs)
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