scuffed

American  

[skuhft] / skʌft /

adjective

1. marred or scratched by scraping or hard use.

   He had on a worn-out old coat, workman's pants, and scuffed boots.

   Close to the trunk of the car he found scuffed tracks that looked to have been made by small, thin-soled shoes.

   I looked under the bed and pulled out a scuffed suitcase with frayed cardboard corners.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of scuff.

Other Word Forms

• unscuffed adjective

Etymology

Origin of scuffed

scuff ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The striker scuffed the ball home from close range.

From Barron's

He wears scuffed shoes and a striped necktie as a belt.

From Literature

I shift my bag self-consciously on my shoulder and turn my attention to the scuffed white floor.

From Literature

But when their gazes landed on one of my scuffed brown boots peeking out from beneath the hem, the fussing over us stopped, and Aunt Kitty felt the need to fill the awkward silence.

From Literature

The MetroCard, a scuffed yellow rectangle that lived in wallets, coat pockets and the bottoms of tote bags for more than three decades, is officially reaching the end of the line.

From Salon