EGAVE

scuff

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To scrape the feet while walking.
  2. verb To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
  3. verb To hit lightly, to brush against.
  4. verb To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
  5. verb 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.”)
  6. noun A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
    Someone left scuff marks in the sand.
  7. noun The sound of a scuff or scrape.
  8. noun A slipper.

Similar words

mules mule drag scuffle tread scrape footpad shamble foot it scrab

Often followed by

marks of the mark resistance and up on your

Word family

scuffed scuffing scuffs

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