- present participle of scuff.
scuffing
Example Sentences
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It should be light and have a steady, crisp cadence—no clomping, scuffing or shuffling, as can happen when you have too much bulk under your feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Pile on enough and you flirt with the risk of scuffing the roof of your mouth, which feels, to me, like an essential part of the experience.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
David Datro Fofana was guilty of one of the misses of the season shortly before the interval, somehow scuffing his shot wide after Lorenz Assignon had picked out the young Ivorian.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2024
In a nondescript Culver City warehouse, members of the metal band Avenged Sevenfold wear protective booties over their shoes to avoid scuffing the floor-to-ceiling green screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Dicey walked on, scuffing her feet, to the store.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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