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scuff

[ skuhf ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to walk without raising the feet from the ground; shuffle.
to scrape or rub one's foot back and forth over something.
to be or become marred or scratched by scraping or wear.
(of machine parts, as gear teeth) to creep from pressure and friction so that ridges appear transversely to the direction of wear.

the act or sound of scuffing.
a flat-heeled slipper with a full-length sole and an upper part covering only the front of the foot.
a marred or scratched place on an item, as from scraping or wear.

scuff

/ skʌf /

Origin of scuff¹

First recorded in 1585–95, scuff is from the Middle Low German word schūven to shove

Origin of scuff¹

C19: probably of imitative origin

You need some scuff marks from the great merry-go-round we call life.

Scuff it up, patinate it, so that it feels more physically, viscerally real, and a little less perfect.

There was a pause during which she continued to scuff the curbstone with her shoe, Jane likewise scuffing the fence-picket.

What joy it was to us to scuff through the painted fallen leaves and send them flying like showers of jewels before us!

And you could scuff when you walked and pile up fallen leaves from the grass and roll in them.

Rose heard her through, and then very kindly informed her that "she was a fool to care for such a rough-scuff."

They are like pebbles in our pathway; sometimes we never even see them, but carelessly scuff them aside as we walk.

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