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Definitions: Scuff |
ScuffNoun1. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel. 2. The act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet). Verb1. Walk without lifting the feet. 2. Get or become scuffed; "These patent leather shoes scuffed". 3. Mar by scuffing; "scuffed shoes". 4. Poke at with the foot or toe. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: ScuffSynonyms: mule (n), mules (n), scuffs (n), drag (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Scuff |
| English words defined with "scuff": Scuffed, Scuffing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scuff": scuff mark, scuff plate, scuff resistance. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "scuff": Roughscuff. (references) |
| Play | Caption |
 | Grind; erosive; polish; rough; scratch; scuff; sharpen; smooth; wear; churn. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Scuff" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "Scuff" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 57.14% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 28.57% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "scuff": scuff mark ♦ scuff one's feet ♦ scuff plate ♦ scuff resistance. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "scuff": scuff-marks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scuff | 10 |
scuff mark | 6 |
scuff skate | 4 |
mark remove scuff | 4 |
baseball scuff | 3 |
mark removing scuff | 3 |
scuff slipper | 2 |
scuff plate | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scuff"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zvarritje (crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, dragging, lugging, procrastination, spreading, trailing), heq këmbët zvarrë (shuffle), gërryej (be corroded, be eroded, cave, chew, corrode, dredge, erode, gouge, hollow out, honeycomb, rasp, scoop out, tear, tear to pieces). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جلف (blunt, boorish, coarse, crude, gruff, ill bred, ill mannered, impolite, rough, roughneck, rude, rude fellow, uncivil, uncouth), جر قدميه (shuffle), أبلى حذاؤه, أبلى (frazzle, molder, moulder, outwear, wear, wear down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чехъл (mule, slipper), тътря си краката, тътрене (shuffle), одрасквам (clapperclaw, graze, rake, scrape, scratch), одраскано място, протрито място (rub), протривам (chafe, fray, gall, rub), побутвам с крак. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | okopat (earth up, hoe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | slidstyrke (abrasion, abrasion resistance, abrasive resistance, resistance to abrasion, scuff resistance), slidmaerke (scuff mark), slidbestandighed (abrasion resistance, abrasive resistance, resistance to abrasion, scuff resistance), transportskade (crush, rub, scuff mark, transit rub), beskyttelseskant (curb rib, kerbing rib, scuff rib). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stootrand (curb rib, kerbing rib, scuff rib), slijtvastheid (abrasion resistance, abrasive resistance, durability, resistance to abrasion, scuff resistance), slijtageweerstand (abrasion resistance, abrasive resistance, resistance to abrasion, scuff resistance), schuurweerstand (abrasion resistance, abrasive resistance, resistance to abrasion, scuff resistance), afschuurweerstan d (abrasion resistance, abrasive resistance, resistance to abrasion, scuff resistance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرسایش (Erosion), مشت خوردن , کلش کلش کردن , ساءیدن (Bruise, Chafe, Fray, Gall, Gnaw, Grate, Grind, Grit, Levigate, Pulverize, Rub), صدای خراش , خراش (Abrasion, Attrition, Graze, Irritation, Rift, Scotch, Scrape), بامشت حمله کردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | naarmuttuma (scuff mark), hankausjälki (crush, rub, scuff mark, scuffing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | traîner les pieds, érafler (score, scrape, scratch, to scratch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schlurfen (scuffle, shamble, shuffle, to shuffle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γλιστρών (glider), γδέρνω (abrade, excoriation, flay, graze, skin, skinning, to flay, to skin, to take off the skin), βαδίζω (march, march 1, pad, walk), χαλώ (break down, give out, go off, Mar, ruin, spoil, unmake, vitiate), λυώνω (consume away, languish, macerate, melt, thaw), τρίβω το πέλμα των υποδημάτων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל'ר" בר'לים, לרפט עלים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | papucs (slipper, slippers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | melecetkan (chafe, rub (the skin, scuff (one's shoes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | strascicare (drag oneself, shuffle, trail, traipse), consumare (consume, corrode, drink, eat, erode, expend, fray, fret, outwear, spend, use, waste, wear, wear down, wear out, weather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 슬리퍼 (sleeper, slipper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tayrn ny yei (pull about), jannoo lhome. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uffscay romper-se (part, rip, rupture, tear), roçar (brush, graze, mow, rub, skim, touch), raspar (abrade, bark, blot, bream, delete, erase, fray, grate, rasp, rub, scrabble, scrape, scrape off, scratch, shave, skive, slab, smooth, strike out), gastar (batter, consume, disburse, expend, go, pay out, run out of, run through, serve, spend, take, waste), esfregar os pés em. (various references) шаркать ногами, протереться (fray), домашняя туфля (slipper). (various references) vući noge, trag (mark, print, spoor, strain, streak, tail, tinge, trace, tracing, track, trail, vestige, wake), izbubetati. (various references) rozar contra (brush up against, catch, nibble, scrape), parte desgastada, estropearse (break, break down, deteriorate, fail, get damaged, give up, go, go bad, go phut, hurt, smash, spoil), chancleta, arrastre de los pies, arrastrar (blow away, creep, drag, draw, grovel, haul, haulage, heave, lay, pull, pull along, schlep, scrape, to carry, tow, trail, trundle, tug, wash down), arañar (claw, claw at, scrape, scratch), andar arrastrando los pies (mooch along, shamble, shuffle). (various references) slipper, släpa fötterna, släpa (cart, drag, drudge, scuffle, sledge, snake, toil, tow, trail), skrapa med fötterna, skava (chafe, gall, scrape), nött ställe (fray), nöta (fret, wear), hasande ljud (scuffle), hasande (shuffle), hasa sig fram (scuffle), hällös toffel, gå med släpande steg. (various references) เสียงครู", เ"ินลากขา (scuffle), การเ"ินลากขา (scuffle), ครู" (gride). (various references) sürüyerek aşındırmak, ayaklarını sürüyerek yürümek, ayaklarını sürümek (scuffle, shuffle). (various references) зноситися, загривок (cuff, scruff), протерти ногами, плентатися (dodder, drawl, inch along, lag, navigate, plug along, scuffle, shamble, trudge). (various references) chỗ xơ ra sự kéo lê chân. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scuff": scuffed, scuffing, scuffle, scuffled, scuffler, scufflers, scuffles, scuffling, scuffs. (additional references) | |
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"Scuff" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Acuff, ccuf, Isc-ufc, sauff, scaff, scaffy, scauf, Schuyff, scif, scluff, scof, scofff, scofi, scoft, scoif, scouf, scuffe, shuf, shuff, skof, skoff, skuf, sluf, sluff, suff, suffa, Tcoff, Ucsf. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "scuff" (pronounced sku"f) |
| 3 | -k u" f | cuff. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cuffs. | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-f-s-u" | |
-1 letter: cuff. | |
-3 letters: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-f-s-u" | |
+1 letter: chuffs, scruff, scuffs. | |
+2 letters: cutoffs, offcuts, scruffs, scruffy, scuffed, scuffle, suffice, uncuffs. | |
+3 letters: chuffest, cuffless, scuffing, scuffled, scuffler, scuffles, sufficed, sufficer, suffices. | |
+4 letters: calctuffs, chauffers, chuffiest, coiffeurs, coiffeuse, coiffures, crossruff, cufflinks, fullfaces, handcuffs, officious, scruffier, scruffily, scufflers, scuffling, sufficers, sufficing, suffocate, uncoffins. | |
+5 letters: affluences, chauffeurs, coiffeuses, creampuffs, crossruffs, effluences, fisticuffs, fructifies, rechauffes, scruffiest, sufferance, sufficient, suffocated, suffocates, tuffaceous. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 75 66 66 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. ..- ..-. ..-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01110101 01100110 01100110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c u f f |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0075 0066 0066 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5369877272 |
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