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as in to scratch
to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface
scuffed up her shoes by rubbing her feet under the rung of the chair
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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
the miners scuffed past in heavy boots
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Recent Examples of scuff
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 July 2025
Adding a rug to any room not only instantly warms up floors but also protects them from scuffs and scratches, especially in homes with children and pets.
—Ali Faccenda, People.com, 12 July 2025
/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Many are scuffed and scratched, chipped and stained.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Verb
The popular materials for kettlebell coatings are plastic and vinyl, which help reduce scuffs on the floor.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 July 2025
Adding a rug to any room not only instantly warms up floors but also protects them from scuffs and scratches, especially in homes with children and pets.
—Ali Faccenda, People.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
Platoon after platoon scuffed down to the shoreline to clamber aboard gunboats, longboats, and six-oared, flat-bottomed bateaux.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Many are scuffed and scratched, chipped and stained.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scuff
Verb
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After buying some groceries, the Silver Spring man also bought six Double Your Money scratch-off tickets at the Wheaton store’s lottery kiosk, lottery officials said.—
Daniella Segura,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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These items can scratch the tile as well as damage the grout.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
1 Sep. 2025
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His terse sendoff denies Dexter the satisfaction of closure and forgiveness, shattering his former colleague’s world before shuffling off it.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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There’s constant cleaning, shuffling and mewling as staff and volunteers at the Papago Park Campus make sure the kittens are bottle-fed every four hours, 24 hours a day.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Inside the Sámi church, centuries-old wood creaks under candlelight—while at Nutti Sámi Siida (a reindeer lodge offering traditional Sámi experiences), visitors sip warm lingonberry juice and listen to joik songs.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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As the jurors exited the courtroom, the only sound was the creak of the swinging gate.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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With the September 3 finalization date looming, this case may well mark the beginning of the end of the Wild West era of AI data scraping.—
Sol Rashidi,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The bottoms of the cars crash and scrape against the concrete, making a loud banging sound.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Many in Hollywood were dubious as to whether Universal and Amblin could reboot the Jurassic franchise for a third time, and birth a new trilogy more than three decades after Steven Spielberg’s dinos first stomped onto the big screen in 1993’s Jurassic Park.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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People expecting a state championship rematch between Benet and Marist in the Crimson Classic finals had those plans stomped upon Saturday when Lockport ended up surprising the Redwings 29-27, 18-25, 15-10 in the semifinals.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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None of this would land without the heroic voice acting of Pamela Adlon, who subtly dials up his boyish vocal fry into the rasp of a grown man.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
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The crowd was eating out of the palm of his hand, hanging on every word spit with that signature rasp.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Closer Bryan Abreu stumbled but has earned the benefit of the doubt with the dominance he’s displayed.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Exposure to harmful content is another risk as studies show that teens are more likely than adults to stumble upon self-harm imagery or extremist propaganda.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Scuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scuff. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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