[skuhf-uh
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verb, -fled, -fling, 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. |
| scuf·fle 1 (skŭf'əl) intr.v. scuf·fled, scuf·fling, scuf·fles
[Probably frequentative of scuff.] scuf'fler n. |
| scuf·fle 2 (skŭf'əl) 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.] |