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Scuff   /skəf/   Listen
Scuff

noun
1.
A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.  Synonym: mule.
2.
The act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet).
verb
(past & past part. scuffed; pres. part. scuffing)
1.
Walk without lifting the feet.  Synonym: drag.
2.
Get or become scuffed.
3.
Mar by scuffing.
4.
Poke at with the foot or toe.



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"Scuff" Quotes from Famous Books



... you it shook me and it shamed me. I thought I ought to cough or scuff my feet or something, but it seemed too late for that. Moreover the play had taken another turn that made me forget the moralities, quite, and another actor had ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1920 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various
... table the Master of the House reached down and dragged out the Bull Dog by the brindled scuff of her neck. The scratch on her nose was still bleeding slightly. And one eye ...
— Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
... came in, her arrival unannounced except by the scuff of her moccasins, and seated herself against the wall. She did not use a chair, of which there were several, but crouched upon a bear-skin, her knees beneath her chin, her toes a trifle drawn together. She sat thus for a long time, while Necia continued her stories ...
— The Barrier • Rex Beach
... little girl, "but I only have to scuff some, and then they'll stay on. Mrs. Forbes said I'd grow ...
— Jewel - A Chapter In Her Life • Clara Louise Burnham


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