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scuff

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Verb

  1. To scrape the feet while walking.
  2. To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
  3. To hit lightly, to brush against.
  4. To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.

Noun

  1. A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
  2. The sound of a scuff or scrape.
  3. A slipper.
  4. A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
  5. A scurf; a scale.
  6. The back part of the neck; the scruff.

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