From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscuffscuff /skʌf/ verb [transitive] 1 MARKto make a mark on a smooth surface by rubbing it against something rough His shoes were old and badly scuffed.2 → scuff your feet/heels→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
scuff• He'd made no move to leave, however, and scuffed along behind them.• He was wearing work shoes, scuffed and old, with new red laces.• scuffed brown shoes• The villains are scuffing one side of the ball.• Moodily, she scuffed the toe of her boot against the deck rail.• She scowled at her sandals and scuffed them on the gravel.• Wind scuffed up dust and moaned in the sandstone.Origin scuff (1500-1600) Probably from a Scandinavian language 