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Pos: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun scuff has 2 senses

1.  scuff(n = noun.artifact) mule - a slipper that has no fitting around the heel; Array
is a kind of carpet slipper, slipper

2.  scuff(n = noun.act) Array - the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet); Array
is a kind of
rub, wipe
Derived form verb scuff1


Verb scuff has 4 senses

1.  scuff(v = verb.motion) drag - walk without lifting the feet; Array
is one way to scuffle, shamble, shuffle
Derived forms noun scuff2, noun scuffer1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

2.  scuff(v = verb.contact) Array - get or become scuffed; "These patent leather shoes scuffed"
is one way to
wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin
Sample sentences: Something ----s

3.  scuff(v = verb.contact) Array - mar by scuffing; "scuffed shoes"
is one way to
scrape, scratch, scratch up
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

4.  scuff(v = verb.contact) Array - poke at with the foot or toe; Array
is one way to
kick
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

scuff, n. [Cf. D. schoft shoulder, Goth. skuft hair of the head. Cf. Scruff.].

   The back part of the neck; the scruff. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]


scuff, v. i. [See Scuffle.].

   To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

scuff, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. graze or brush against.
2 tr. mark or wear down (shoes) in this way.
3 intr. walk with dragging feet; shuffle.
--n. a mark of scuffing.

Etymology:
imit.