scuff
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To scrape the feet while walking.
- To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
- To hit lightly, to brush against.
- To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
Concepten
Synoniemen
wear-out
wornout
consume away
attrition wear
wear-and-tear
abrade wear
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/skʌf/
Etymologie (Engels)
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 English shove.
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