scuff

Meaning

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

Noun

1. A scurf; a scale.
2. The back part of the neck; the scruff.

Synonyms

mule

wear

excoriate

wear down

plod

shuffle

drag

abrade

drop

eat

🍽️

eat away

eat up

expend

flay

fool away

fray

fret

get through

glider

graze

incinerate

kick

languish

lay out

macerate

mar

march

mark up

melt

pad

rub down

ruin

scrape

shamble

shuffling

skin

slipper

slouch

sound

🔉

spend

thaw

trudge

unmake

use up

vitiate

walk

🚶

wear away

wearing

wear off

wear-out

wipe out

wornout

foreworn

consume away

attrition wear

wear-and-tear

abrade wear

abrasion

burn

clamor

consume

defacement

degrade

drain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skʌf/

Etymology

Cognate with English: shove

In summary

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.