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Scuffs

Definition: Scuffs

Scuffs

Noun

1. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonyms: Scuffs

Synonyms: mule (n), mules (n), scuff (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: scuffing (metallurgy, transportationmetallurgyindustry, metallurgy).

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Crosswords: Scuffs

Specialty definitions using "scuffs": EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATOR I, EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATOR IIFINGER COBBLER. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Scuffs

Computer Images:
Scuffs

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Usage Frequency: Scuffs

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Scuffs

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fotoz scuffs

15

scuffs

15

sheep skin scuffs

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Scuffs

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Scuffs

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).

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Anagrams: Scuffs

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Scuffs


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 63 75 66 66 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    -.-.    ..-    ..-.    ..-.    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100011 01110101 01100110 01100110 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#99 &#117 &#102 &#102 &#115

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

536987727285

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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