scuffing

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noun

A scuff mark.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of scuff
nounscuffing (plural scuffings)

plural scuffings

  1. A scuff mark.

    From little marks perhaps, dents, scuffings on the walls where from time to time he had hurled objects in those fits of childish pique that seemed to be becoming more frequent with him.

    2011, Keith Roberts, Machines and Men
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