scuff
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To scrape the feet while walking.
- To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
- To hit lightly, to brush against.
- To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
Noun
- A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
- The sound of a scuff or scrape.
- A slipper.
- A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
- A scurf; a scale.
- The back part of the neck; the scruff.
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