scuff

Meanings

Verb

  • To scrape the feet while walking.
  • To hit lightly, to brush against.
  • To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.

Noun

Origin

  • From Scots scuff, of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skúfa, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną. Or, perhaps imitative. More at English shove.

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