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as in to scratch
to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface
scuffed up her shoes by rubbing her feet under the rung of the chair
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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
the miners scuffed past in heavy boots
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Recent Examples of scuff
Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2025
Worn pads should be replaced; pad surfaces that are glazed can be scuffed with sandpaper.
—George Petras, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2025
The Zipper Carry-on Max proved very durable in our tests, showing only minor superficial scuffs and no dents at all after whacking it with a metal baseball bat and shoving it multiple times off a table while fully packed.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Crafted with rubber soles designed with traction and typically using white or natural rubber that won’t scuff white boat decks, boat shoes are great for slippery surfaces, gangways, and ports.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2025
Worn pads should be replaced; pad surfaces that are glazed can be scuffed with sandpaper.
—George Petras, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
Using tile as an island base will help protect it from scuffs and scratches, especially in a seating area.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2025
The Zipper Carry-on Max proved very durable in our tests, showing only minor superficial scuffs and no dents at all after whacking it with a metal baseball bat and shoving it multiple times off a table while fully packed.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scuff
Verb
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The field for the 151st edition of the Kentucky Derby was reduced to 19 by Friday after two horses were scratched with potential complications, including one colt trained by legendary trainer Bob Baffert.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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On Friday morning, Grande, who was initially given the No. 10 post with those odds, was scratched from the Derby because of a foot bruise, according to trainer Todd Pletcher.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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In recent months though, and as the weather’s picked up, another style of jeans has been shuffling their way onto our moodboards.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
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No more shuffling through your wallet for cash or a credit card.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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My assumption is that most rational human beings would happily stay in a warm and cozy office and simply listen to the building creak and groan under the force of the violent gusts.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
11 Mar. 2025
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The set is a ship’s deck that tilts and creaks ominously while a screen plays eerily textured footage of a roiling ocean.—
Houman Barekat,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Sifting and scraping toxic particles would only further the ongoing coastal erosion, which is its own climate change impact.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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If another caterpillar wanders into their territory, these tiny critters start furiously drumming their heads, shaking their bodies and scraping their butts against the leaf—a series of complex vibratory behaviors to signal that their leaf tip is off-limits.—
Rohini Subrahmanyam,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2025
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And in the end, the untouched bread is stomped into the ground.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Balor stomped Mysterio, seemingly signaling a forthcoming break-up of the two longtime partners.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The engine rasps and rumbles right up to the tachometer’s 7,000-rpm redline—and beyond, in fact, since peak power arrives at 7,500 rpm.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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One great thing about Hackman is that there was no alteration in the rounded rasp of his voice when the moral conditions changed.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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How did the world’s two largest economies stumble toward a trade war that neither truly seeks and which the rest of the world can’t afford?—
Zongyuan Zoe Liu,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Apr. 2025
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Eleni wasn't the only one who stumbled across the sale.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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