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Definition: Scuffs |
ScuffsNoun1. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: ScuffsSynonyms: mule (n), mules (n), scuff (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: scuffing (metallurgy, transportationmetallurgyindustry, metallurgy). |
Crosswords: Scuffs |
| Specialty definitions using "scuffs": EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATOR I, EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATOR II ♦ FINGER COBBLER. (references) |
| "Scuffs" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scuffs" is used about 4 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 (plural) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
fotoz scuffs | 15 |
scuffs | 15 |
sheep skin scuffs | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scuffs"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 拖着脚走路 (Scuffed, Scuffing). (various references) | ||||
German | schlurfte mit den Füßen, schlürft (sips). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 문지른다. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | uffsscay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"Scuffs" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: esseffs, sauff, scaffy, scluff, scuffe, scurfs, shuffs, skuf. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-f-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: cuffs, scuff. | |
-2 letters: cuff, cuss, fuss. | |
-4 letters: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-f-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: scruffs. | |
+2 letters: cuffless, scuffles, suffices. | |
+3 letters: crossruff, scufflers, sufficers. | |
+4 letters: coiffeuses, crossruffs, fisticuffs, scruffiest, suffocates. | |
+5 letters: crossruffed, scruffiness, sufferances. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 75 66 66 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. ..- ..-. ..-. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01110101 01100110 01100110 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c u f f s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0075 0066 0066 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536987727285 |
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