SCUFF meaning: Damage or mark by scraping

We found 30 dictionaries that define the word scuff:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

scuff: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
scuff: Merriam-Webster
scuff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
scuff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
scuff: Collins English Dictionary
scuff: Vocabulary.com
Scuff, scuff: Wordnik
scuff: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
scuff: Wiktionary
scuff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
scuff: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
scuff: Infoplease Dictionary
scuff: Dictionary.com
scuff (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
scuff: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Scuff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Scuff: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
scuff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
scuff: Rhymezone
scuff: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
scuff: FreeDictionary.org
scuff: Mnemonic Dictionary
scuff: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

scuff: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

scuff: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

scuff, scuff, scuff, scuff, scuff: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Scuff: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  To scrape the feet while walking.
▸ verb:  To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
▸ verb:  To hit lightly, to brush against.
▸ verb:  To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
▸ noun:  (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
▸ noun:  The sound of a scuff or scrape
▸ noun:  A scurf; a scale.
▸ noun:  The back part of the neck; the scruff.

Similar:

mules, drag, scuffle, tread, scrape, footpad, shamble, foot it, scrab, shuffle, more...

Opposite:

polish, shine, buff, clean

Types:

abrasion, scratch, rub, mar, dent, scrape, more...

Phrases:

scuff marks, scuff mark, scuff resistance, scuff plate, more...

Adjectives:

soft, ruff, faint, impatient, black, little, quick, slight, rough, slow, good

Colors:

gray, charcoal, pewter, graphite, smoke, more...