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scuff

UK/skʊf/ US/skʌf/ uncommon slang
verb (4) noun (2)

verb

1.

walk without lifting the feet

Synonyms
2.

get or become scuffed

  • “These patent leather shoes scuffed”
3.

mar by scuffing

  • “scuffed shoes”
4.

poke at with the foot or toe

noun

1.

a slipper that has no fitting around the heel

Synonyms
2.

the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • scuff mark
  • scuff up

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