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Definitions for Scuff

[1] to scrape (something) with one's foot or feet.
[2] to rub or scrape (one's foot or feet) over something.
[3] to mar by scraping or hard use, as shoes or furniture.
[4] Chiefly Scot. to brush against, as in passing. to brush off; wipe off.
[5] to walk without raising the feet from the ground; shuffle.
[6] to scrape or rub one's foot back and forth over something.
[7] to be or become marred or scratched by scraping or wear.
[8] (of machine parts, as gear teeth) to creep from pressure and friction so that ridges appear transversely to the direction of wear.
[9] the act or sound of scuffing.
[10] a flat-heeled slipper with a full-length sole and an upper part covering only the front of the foot.
[11] a marred or scratched place on an item, as from scraping or wear.
[12] to scrape or drag (the feet) while walking
[13] to rub or scratch (a surface) or (of a surface) to become rubbed or scratched
[14] (tr) US to poke at (something) with the foot
[15] the act or sound of scuffing
[16] a rubbed place caused by scuffing
[17] a backless slipper

Words related to Scuff

disorder, disturb, confuse, shift, disarray, disorganize, scuffle, intermix, change, discompose, jumble, dislocate, disrupt, shamble, disarrange

Words nearby Scuff

scuba, scuba-dive, scud, scudo, scudéry, scuff, scuffle, sculch, sculduddery, sculduggery, sculk

Origin of Scuff

First recorded in 1585–95, scuff is from the Middle Low German word schūven to shove

Word origin for Scuff

C19: probably of imitative origin

Synonyms for Scuff

change, confuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, intermix, jumble, scuffle, shamble, shift, break the deck, change the order, mess up