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Scuff

/skʌf/

(sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.

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📖 Definitions of "Scuff"

noun

1
(sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
"Someone left scuff marks in the sand."

verb

1
To scrape the feet while walking.
2
To hit lightly, to brush against.
3
To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.

🔄 Synonyms of "Scuff"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
dragverb	(physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
scuffingnoun	A scuff mark.
scuffsnoun	a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
mulesverb	(transitive) To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.
mulenoun	The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Scuff"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
mulesverb	(transitive) To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.
mulenoun	The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
dragverb	(physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
scufflenoun	A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
treadnoun	A step taken with the foot.
scrapenoun	The sound or action of something being scraped.
footpadnoun	The soft underside of an animal's paw.
shamblenoun	(mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
foot itverb	To walk.
scrabnoun	A crabapple.
shufflenoun	The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
footnoun	A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
surbateverb	(obsolete) To bruise, hurt (the feet, hooves etc.) from walking.
flatfootnoun	(medicine, chiefly in the plural) A condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground.
skitternoun	(also figuratively) A skittering movement.
scruffnoun	Someone with an untidy appearance.
scutternoun	A hasty run.
cratchnoun	(nautical) The vertical planks at the forward end of the hold of a traditional English narrowboat which constrain the cargo and support the top plank or walkway.
bescratchverb	(transitive) To scratch; scratch about; scratch all over.
scootnoun	(slang) A dollar.