noun / verb
scuff
SKUHF/skˈʌf/
A mark made by rubbing or scraping, or the act of making it.
The black shoes leave a scuff on the kitchen floor.
Etymology
Scuff’s ancestry is uncertain, but it first described walking without lifting the feet. The later surface-damage sense shifts attention from that dragging movement to the marks left by rough contact.
In context
watch each roller closely as it reverses directions it has to be done smoothly don't let them scuff Mar the mat they should start stop and turn smoothly
More examples
- Be careful not to scuff the freshly painted wall.
- These leather boots scuff easily.
- She wipes the scuffs off her suitcase with a damp cloth.
Forms
scuff · scuffs · scuffed · scuffing