scuff
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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”). More at English shove.
Verb
scuff (third-person singular simple present scuffs, present participle scuffing, simple past and past participle scuffed)
- To scrape the feet while walking.
- To hit lightly, to brush against.
- 1979, V. S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River:
- The lawns and gardens had been scuffed away.
- 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record[1]:
- Wallace threw himself at it to connect with a flying header. He looked a certain scorer but his effort scuffed the inside of Fraser Forster’s post.
- To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
- 2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC[2]:
- The Montenegro captain was finding space at will and followed up with a speculative shot that he scuffed wide, after Wales were slow in closing down the Juventus striker.
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Translations
to scrape the feet while walking
Noun
scuff (plural scuffs)
- (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
- Someone left scuff marks in the sand.
- 2015, Charles W. Jones, Hydrangeas on the Lanai
- He flung his shoes across the room, their soles leaving black scuffs on the dingy wall.
Related terms
Translations
scraping, usually with one's feet
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Etymology 2
Noun
scuff (plural scuffs)
- A scurf; a scale.
- The back part of the neck; the scruff.
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