scuff

1. 1.

   a slipper that has no fitting around the heel

   Synonymsmule

   Broaderslipper
2. 2.

   the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)

   Broaderrub

Other forms of scuff

plural

scuffs·

past tense

scuffed·

present participle

scuffing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scuff

What does scuff mean?

scuff means "walk without lifting the feet". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scuff?

scuff has 1 syllable: scuff. In IPA it is /ˈskʌf/.

What is another word for scuff?

Close synonyms include drag, mule. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scuff a common word?

scuff is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.