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noun
A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, sometimes
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noun
The sound of a scuff or scrape.
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noun
A slipper.
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Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
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noun
A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
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Usage: Scotland, uncommon
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noun
A scurf; a scale.
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Usage: slang
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noun
The back part of the neck; the scruff.
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verb
To scrape the feet while walking.
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verb
To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
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verb
To hit lightly, to brush against.
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verb
To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
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noun
the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rub, wipe
noun
a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mule
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Broader terms: slipper, carpet slipper
verb
poke at with the foot or toe
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Broader terms: kick
verb
mar by scuffing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: scratch, scrape, scratch up
verb
get or become scuffed
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Broader terms: wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
verb
walk without lifting the feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: drag
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Broader terms: shuffle, scuffle, shamble
History
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.
See scuft
Across languages
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
