Meaning of SCUFFLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'skuful
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- [n] an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- [n] disorderly fighting
- [n] a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
- [v] fight or wrestle in a vigorous way
- [v] fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle"
- [v] walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
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| | Synonyms: | | Dutch hoe, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scramble, scuffle hoe, shamble, shuffle, tussle, tussle, tussle |
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| | See Also: | | battle, combat, drag, fight, fight, fighting, hoe, scuff, struggle, struggle, struggle, walk | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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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