scuff
verb/skʌf/
/skʌf/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scuff | /skʌf/ /skʌf/ |
| he / she / it scuffs | /skʌfs/ /skʌfs/ |
| past simple scuffed | /skʌft/ /skʌft/ |
| past participle scuffed | /skʌft/ /skʌft/ |
| -ing form scuffing | /ˈskʌfɪŋ/ /ˈskʌfɪŋ/ |
- scuff something (on something) to make a mark on the smooth surface of something when you rub it against something rough
- I scuffed the heel of my shoe on the stonework.
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- scuff your feet, heels, etc. to drag your feet along the ground as you walk
Word Originearly 18th cent.: perhaps of imitative origin.
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