Definitions
the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
Word origin
From Scots scuff (“to touch lightly, graze, hit”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skúfa (“to shove, push aside”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Or, perhaps imitative. More at shove.
Used in a sentence
“The lawns and gardens had been scuffed away.”
“Wallace threw himself at it to connect with a flying header. He looked a certain scorer but his effort scuffed the inside of Fraser Forster’s post.”
“The Montenegro captain was finding space at will and followed up with a speculative shot that he scuffed wide, after Wales were slow in closing down the Juventus striker.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Scrape from a shoe”5 letters
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