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scuff 
[skuhf] Pronunciation Key
[skuhf] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to scrape (something) with one's foot or feet. |
| 2. | to rub or scrape (one's foot or feet) over something. |
| 3. | to mar by scraping or hard use, as shoes or furniture. |
| 4. | Chiefly Scot.
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| 5. | to walk without raising the feet from the ground; shuffle. |
| 6. | to scrape or rub one's foot back and forth over something. |
| 7. | to be or become marred or scratched by scraping or wear. |
| 8. | (of machine parts, as gear teeth) to creep from pressure and friction so that ridges appear transversely to the direction of wear. |
| 9. | the act or sound of scuffing. |
| 10. | a flat-heeled slipper with a full-length sole and an upper part covering only the front of the foot. |
| 11. | a marred or scratched place on an item, as from scraping or wear. |
[Origin: 1585–95; < MLG schūven to shove]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| scuff
(skŭf) Pronunciation Key
v. scuffed, scuff·ing, scuffs v. intr. To scrape the feet while walking; shuffle. v. tr.
n.
[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skūfa, to push.] scuff'er n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
scuff (v.)
scuff (v.)
1768, from Scottish, probably from a Scand. source related to O.N. skufa, skyfa "to shove." Scuffle (1579) is probably a frequentative form, also of Scand. origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| scuff | |
noun | |
| 1. | a slipper that has no fitting around the heel [syn: mule] |
| 2. | the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet) |
verb | |
| 1. | walk without lifting the feet |
| 2. | get or become scuffed; "These patent leather shoes scuffed" |
| 3. | mar by scuffing; "scuffed shoes" |
| 4. | poke at with the foot or toe |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Scuff
Scuff\, n. [Cf. D. schoft shoulder, Goth. skuft hair of the head. Cf. Scruff.] The back part of the neck; the scruff. [Prov. Eng.] --Ld. Lytton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Scuff
Scuff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scuffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffing.] [See Scuffle.] To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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