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scuffle

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scuf⋅fle

  [skuhf-uhl] verb, -fled, -fling, noun
–verb (used without object)
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.
–noun
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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Origin:
1570–80; see scuff, -le

Related forms:
scuffler, noun
scuf⋅fling⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
4. scrap, tussle, row.
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scuf·fle 1   (skŭf'əl)   
intr.v.   scuf·fled, scuf·fling, scuf·fles

  1. To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.

  2. To shuffle.

n.  A rough disorderly struggle at close quarters.

[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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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