Scuff

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  • intransitive verb. To scrape the feet while walking; shuffle.
  • intransitive verb. To scrape with the feet.
  • intransitive verb. To shuffle or shift (the feet), as in embarrassment.
  • intransitive verb. To scrape and roughen the surface of.
  • noun. The act or sound of scraping especially with the feet.
  • noun. A worn or rough spot resulting from scraping.
  • noun. A flat backless house slipper.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A scurf; a scale.
  • noun. A light shoe or slipper.
  • To walk without raising the feet from the ground or floor; shuffle: rarely used of an analogous action of the hands.
  • To graze slightly.
  • To roughen the surface of by hard usage; spoil the gloss, polish, or finish of.
  • noun. Same as scuft and scruff.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The back part of the neck; the scruff.
  • intransitive verb. To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Caused by scraping, usually with one's feet.
  • verb. To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
  • verb. To scrape the feet while walking.
  • verb. To hit lightly, to brush against.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. walk without lifting the feet
  • verb. poke at with the foot or toe
  • noun. the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
  • verb. get or become scuffed
  • noun. a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
  • verb. mar by scuffing
  • Word Usage
    "The shade has a few very light and thin scuff marks but is otherwise like new."
    cross-reference
    scoff  scruff  
    Form
    scuffed  scuffing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Slough  bluff  bruff  buff  cuff  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    scuffed  scuffing  scuffs