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Scuffing

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scuffnounTo scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)

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scuff marknounA mark on something caused by something else scuffing against it.
scuffmarknounAlternative form of scuff mark. [A mark on something caused by something else scuffing against it.]
scratchnounA disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
scufflernounSomeone who scuffles.
scarpenoun(heraldry) Alternative form of scrape (“diminutive bend”). [A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).]
scruffnounSomeone with an untidy appearance.
backscratchnounA scratch on the back.
scrapenounThe sound or action of something being scraped.
scramnoun(also attributively) A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency.
scotchnounA block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
grazeverb(ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
scatchnoun(obsolete, UK, dialect) A stilt.
splotchingnounA splotch mark.
scragenoun(UK, Bristol, Birmingham) A scrape or graze.
catscratchnounAlternative form of cat scratch. [The wound, scar, or mark left by the scratch of a cat.]
rasenounAn act of cutting, scraping, or scratching; also, an erasure.
abrasionnounThe act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
treadnounA step taken with the foot.
buttprintnoun(slang, Canada, US) The mark or impression left by buttocks having been pressed against a surface.
scuftnoun(UK, dialect) scruff; nape of the neck

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