Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A mark left by scuffing or scraping. · The sound of a scuff or scrape. · A slipper. · A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
To scrape the feet while walking. · To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.) · To hit lightly, to brush against. · To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
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.
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