Sekirov Dictionary

scuff

/skʌf/

noun 6
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 1

noun6

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[before a noun] A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
- Someone left scuff marks in the sand.
•
The sound of a scuff or scrape.
- All you could hear was the rhythmic scuff of Mr. Stink’s battered brogues as he walked slowly along the road — 2009
(Australia, New-Zealand) A slipper.
The back part of the neck; the scruff.
(Scotland) A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
(slang) A scurf; a scale.

verb5

To scrape the feet while walking.
To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
•
To hit lightly, to brush against.
- The lawns and gardens had been scuffed away. — 1979
•
To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
- 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. — 2011
Synonym of scrub in (“To break in new racing tires by doing a few gentle laps on them, with the resulting heat serving to remove factory coatings and provide better grip.”)

forms

scuffed · scuffing · scuffs

Phrases with scuff

scuff up
To make scuffed; to give a scuffed texture to.

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