Scuff

Quick meaning: Scuff is a verb meaning To scrape the feet while walking.

Meaning

To scrape the feet while walking.

More Meanings

1. To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
2. To hit lightly, to brush against.
3. To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
4. (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
5. The sound of a scuff or scrape.
6. (Australia, New Zealand) A slipper.
7. (Scotland, uncommon) A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.

Example Sentences

Someone left scuff marks in the sand.

The lawns and gardens had been scuffed away.

He flung his shoes across the room, their soles leaving black scuffs on the dingy wall.

All you could hear was the rhythmic scuff of Mr. Stink’s battered brogues as he walked slowly along the road

Word Forms

• scuffs
• scuffing
• scuffed

Synonyms for scuff

Depending on context, synonyms include drag, scuffing, scuffs, mules, mule.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mules, mule, drag, scuffle, tread, scrape.

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