scuff

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /skʌf/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /skɐf/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /skʊf/ Rhymes: -ʌf === Etymology 1 === 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 shove. ==== Verb ==== scuff (third-person singular simple present scuffs, present participle scuffing, simple past and past participle scuffed) 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. ===== Derived terms ===== scuff up ===== Related terms ===== scuffle ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== scuff (plural scuffs) (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping. The sound of a scuff or scrape. (Australia, New Zealand) A slipper. (Scotland, uncommon) A (sudden) shower of rain or mist. Coordinate term: scud (slang) This term needs a definition ("the scuff", see scuffed sense 2). Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ===== Derived terms ===== scuff mark ===== Related terms ===== scuffed ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Scuff”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === See scuft ==== Noun ==== scuff (plural scuffs) A scurf; a scale. The back part of the neck; the scruff. === See also === scoff scruff === Anagrams === Cuffs, cuffs