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scuff

n.
US //ˈskəf// UK //skˈʌf// scuff
Synonyms
Etymology 1

From Scots scuff (“to touch lightly, graze, hit”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skúfa (“to shove, push aside”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Or, perhaps imitative. More at shove.

Etymology 2

See scuft

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