Scuff

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To scrape the feet while walking; shuffle.
  • v. To scrape with the feet.
  • v. To shuffle or shift (the feet), as in embarrassment.
  • v. To scrape and roughen the surface of.
  • n. The act or sound of scraping especially with the feet.
  • n. A worn or rough spot resulting from scraping.
  • n. A flat backless house slipper.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Caused by scraping, usually with one's feet.
  • v. To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
  • v. To scrape the feet while walking.
  • v. To hit lightly, to brush against.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The back part of the neck; the scruff.
  • verb-intransitive. To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To walk without raising the feet from the ground or floor; shuffle: rarely used of an analogous action of the hands.
  • To graze slightly.
  • To roughen the surface of by hard usage; spoil the gloss, polish, or finish of.
  • n. Same as scuft and scruff.
  • n. A scurf; a scale.
  • n. A light shoe or slipper.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. walk without lifting the feet
  • v. poke at with the foot or toe
  • n. the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
  • v. get or become scuffed
  • n. a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
  • v. mar by scuffing
  • Verb Form
    scuffed    scuffing    scuffs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    shamble    scuffle    shuffle    kick    rub    wipe    wear down    wear off    wear thin    wear out   
    Cross Reference
    scoff    scruff   
    Form
    scuffed    scuffing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shuffle    nape    scrape   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Slough    bluff    bruff    buff    cuff    duff    enough    fluff    gruff    guff