Scuff
Scuff (skuf) , noun
[Compare Dutch schoft shoulder, Gothic skuft hair of the head. Compare Scruff.]
The back part of the neck; the scruff. [Provincial English] — Ld. Lytton
Scuff (skuft) , intransitive verb
[See Scuffle.]
To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Scuff , transitive verb
1.
To cause a blemish on the surface of, by scraping against an object; as, he scuffed his shoe on the ground.
2.
To scrape with one's foot; as, he scuffed the chair leg with his shoe.