scuff

scuff · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skeubaną“to shove”
2. Old Norse · derived fromskúfa“to shove, push aside”
3. Scots · borrowed fromscuff“to touch lightly, graze, hit”
4. English todayscuff

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.

scuff · noun²

See scuft

Words from the same roots