[syn: scuff, drag]
2. get or become scuffed;
- Example: "These patent leather shoes scuffed"
3. mar by scuffing;
- Example: "scuffed shoes"
4. poke at with the foot or toe;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scuff \Scuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scuffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scuffing.]
1. To cause a blemish on the surface of, by scraping against
an object; as, he scuffed his shoe on the ground.
[PJC]
2. To scrape with one's foot; as, he scuffed the chair leg
with his shoe.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scuff \Scuff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scuffed (sk[u^]ft); p. pr.
& vb. n. Scuffing.] [See Scuffle.]
To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping
or dragging movement; to shuffle.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scuff \Scuff\ (sk[u^]f), n. [Cf. D. schoft shoulder, Goth. skuft
hair of the head. Cf. Scruff.]
The back part of the neck; the scruff. [Prov. Eng.] --Ld.
Lytton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scuff
n 1: a slipper that has no fitting around the heel [syn: mule,
scuff]
2: the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
v 1: walk without lifting the feet [syn: scuff, drag]
2: get or become scuffed; "These patent leather shoes scuffed"
3: mar by scuffing; "scuffed shoes"
4: poke at with the foot or toe