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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1768 intransitive verb 1. a. to walk without lifting the feet ; shuffle b. to poke or shuffle a foot in exploration or embarrassment 2. to become scratched, chipped, or roughened by wear <a countertop that won't scuff> transitive verb 1. cuff III 2. a. to scrape (the feet) along a surface while walking or back and forth while standing b. to poke at with the toe 3. to scratch, gouge, or wear away the surface of <scuffed my shoes> II. noun Date: 1899 1. a. a noise of or as if of scuffing b. the act or an instance of scuffing c. a mark or injury caused by scuffing 2. a flat-soled slipper without quarter or heel strap — compare mule

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scuff Scuff, 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scuff Scuff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scuffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffing.] [See Scuffle.] To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(scuffs, scuffing, scuffed) 1. If you scuff something or if it scuffs, you mark the surface by scraping it against other things or by scraping other things against it. Constant wheelchair use will scuff almost any floor surface... Molded plastic is almost indestructible, but scuffs easily. VERB: V n, V adv • scuffed ...scuffed brown shoes. ADJ 2. If you scuff your feet, you pull them along the ground as you walk. Polly, bewildered and embarrassed, dropped her head and scuffed her feet. = drag VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Shuffle.

Moby Thesaurus

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