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
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
The back part of the neck; the scruff. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle. [1913 Webster]
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.