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Scuffing

Scuff \Scuff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scuffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffing.] [See Scuffle.] To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.

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scuffing

n. A scuff mark. vb. (present participle of scuff English)

Usage examples of "scuffing".

The shortest wizard frowned, scuffing a white-leather boot across the fire-hardened clay.

She looked back once, to see the deep scuffing footprints she had made in the dust.

Banner and the policeman fell in beside him, their boots scuffing the snow.

There was a scuffing noise inside, followed by a thump, as if a chair had fallen onto a hard floor.

She nodded, scuffing at the grass with the toe of her riding boot, then suddenly turned and raced back to camp.

Hare lowered his gaze, awkwardly scuffing the toe of his long boot against a rock.

The two youths with him sidled into the night, feet scuffing softly on the rock as they backed away.

Atlantic Avenue and stood waiting for his turn at the Plexiglas window, studying the wanted signs and the posters promoting stamp collecting and literacy, scuffing his sneaker toes at the scraps of paper, the yellow slips and torn government envelopes that layered the floor.

Two toes ending in long claws, and scuffings that might have indicated the rest of the foot.

There were numerous scuffings and markings in the sand, but the powdery stuff held no clear prints.