scuffle
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scuf·fle 
[skuhf-uhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -fled, -fling, noun
[skuhf-uhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -fled, -fling, noun –verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner. |
| 2. | to go or move in hurried confusion. |
| 3. | to move or go with a shuffle; scuff. |
| 4. | a rough, confused struggle or fight. |
| 5. | a shuffling: a scuffle of feet. |
| 6. | Also called scuffle hoe. a spadelike hoe that is pushed instead of pulled. |
| 7. | (in tap dancing) a forward and backward movement of the foot. |
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| scuf·fle 1
(skŭf'əl) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. scuf·fled, scuf·fling, scuf·fles
n. A rough disorderly struggle at close quarters. [Probably frequentative of scuff.] scuf'fler n. |
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scuf·fle 2
(skŭf'əl) Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) n. A hoe that is manipulated by pushing or pulling. Also called Dutch hoe, scuffle hoe. [Dutch schoffel, hoe for weeding, from Middle Dutch, hoe, shovel.] |
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| scuffle | |
noun | |
| 1. | disorderly fighting [syn: hassle] |
| 2. | a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling |
| 3. | an unceremonious and disorganized struggle [syn: scramble] |
verb | |
| 1. | walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" [syn: shuffle] |
| 2. | fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Scuffle
Scuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scuffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffling.] [Freq. of scuff, v.i.; cf. Sw. skuffa to push, shove, skuff a push, Dan. skuffe a drawer, a shovel, and E. shuffle, shove. See Shove, and cf. Shuffle.]1. To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion. 2. Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard. A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble. --Eikon Basilike.
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Scuffle
Scuf"fle\, n. 1. A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters. 2. Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight. The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned. --L'Estrange. 3. A child's pinafore or bib. [Prov. Eng.] 4. A garden hoe. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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