noun · rare

scuff

scuff · scuffs

мул

Maultier, Muli, Pantolette

A mark left by scuffing or scrapingA mark left by scuffing or scraping.

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/skʌf/

» Please don't scuff your shoes on the recently mopped floor.

Meaning

6 senses

(attributive, sometimes)A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
Someone left scuff marks in the sand.
the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
The sound of a scuff or scrape.
(Australia, New Zealand)A slipper.
a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
(Scotland, uncommon)A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
(slang)A scurf; a scale.
The back part of the neck; the scruff.

Examples

3 sentences

Please don't scuff your shoes on the recently mopped floor.
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Maple syrup mixed with baby spit-up and shoe scuff?
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They had let me roam the woods, scuffing the dry leaves in autumn, drinking water from the creeks in my cupped hands.
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Origin

From Scots scuff (“to touch lightly, graze, hit”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old Nor

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”). Or, perhaps imitative. More at shove.

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