English Explanatory Dictionary

scuff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To scrape the feet while walking.
  2. To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
  3. To hit lightly, to brush against.
  4. To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
noun
  1. A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
  2. The sound of a scuff or scrape.
  3. A slipper.
  4. A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
noun
  1. A scurf; a scale.
  2. The back part of the neck; the scruff.

Pronunciation

/skʌf/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scuff.wav /skɐf/ /skʊf/

Word forms

scuff scuffs scuffing scuffed

Etymology

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.

Related words

scuffle scuffed scoff scruff

Derived words

scuff up scuff mark

Translations

Czech: ošoupat Czech: odřít Czech: podřít Hungarian: horzsol Hungarian: súrol Hungarian: karcol Hungarian: megsért Polish: zarysowywać Polish: zarysować Polish: rysować Polish: porysować
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