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scuff
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scuff has 2 senses
- scuff(n = noun.artifact) mule - a slipper that has no fitting around the heel; Array is a kind of carpet slipper, slipper
- scuff(n = noun.act) Array - the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet); Array is a kind of rub, wipe
Derived form verb scuff1
Verb scuff has 4 senses
- scuff(v = verb.motion) drag - walk without lifting the feet; Array is one way to scuffle, shamble, shuffle
- scuff(v = verb.contact) Array - get or become scuffed; "These patent leather shoes scuffed" is one way to wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin
- scuff(v = verb.contact) Array - mar by scuffing; "scuffed shoes" is one way to scrape, scratch, scratch up
- scuff(v = verb.contact) Array - poke at with the foot or toe; Array is one way to kick
Derived forms noun scuff2, noun scuffer1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
scuff, n. [Cf. D. schoft shoulder, Goth. skuft hair of the head. Cf. Scruff.].
The back part of the neck; the scruff. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
scuff, v. i. [See Scuffle.].
To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scuff, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. graze or brush against.
2 tr. mark or wear down (shoes) in this way.
3 intr. walk with dragging feet; shuffle.
--n. a mark of scuffing.
--v.
1 tr. graze or brush against.
2 tr. mark or wear down (shoes) in this way.
3 intr. walk with dragging feet; shuffle.
--n. a mark of scuffing.
Etymology
imit.
THESAURUS
scuff
ablate, ablation, abrade, abrase, abrasion, abrasive, amble, attrition, barge, bark, blemish, bloody, bowl along, break, buffing, bundle, burn, burnishing, chafe, chafing, check, chip, claw, clump, concussion, crack, crackle, craze, cut, detrition, drag, dressing, erase, erasure, erode, erosion, file, filing, flash burn, flounce, foot, footslog, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, fretting, gall, galling, gash, gnaw, gnaw away, grate, graze, grazing, grind, grinding, halt, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, hurt, incise, incision, injure, injury, jog, jolt, jump, lacerate, laceration, lesion, limation, limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, maim, make mincemeat of, maul, mince, mortal wound, mutilate, mutilation, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, pierce, plod, polishing, prance, puncture, rack, rasp, rasping, raze, rend, rent, rip, roll, rub away, rub off, rub out, rubbing away, run, rupture, sandblasting, sanding, sashay, saunter, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scour, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuffle, scuttle, second-degree burn, shamble, shining, shovel, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skin, skip, slash, slink, slit, slither, slog, slouch, smoothing, sore, sprain, stab, stab wound, stagger, stalk, stamp, stick, stomp, straddle, straggle, strain, stride, stroll, strut, stump, swagger, swing, tear, third-degree burn, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, trauma, traumatize, trip, trudge, waddle, wamble, wear, wear away, wearing away, wiggle, wobble, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench
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