Definition of "scuffing" [scuffing]

• Present participle of scuff. (verb)

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• "Their footsteps made soft, scuffing noises in the leaves that had fallen on the sidewalk."
• "Men spoke in soft voices, interrupted by the hollow clunk of wood against wood or the scuffing of a pack against the hull."
• "Still I persisted and wore them anyway for protection, believing they would act as a talisman, because it would be unthinkable that someone wearing such precious shoes could be anything short of cheerful, could be scuffing the floors of hallways along which children might actually die."