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scuffle 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈskəfəl/,
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scuffles, plural;
  1. Engage in a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters
    • - the teacher noticed two students scuffling in the corridor
  2. Move in a hurried, confused, or awkward way, making a rustling or shuffling sound
    • - a drenched woman scuffled through the doorway
  3. (of an animal or person) Move (something) in a scrambling or confused manner
    • - the rabbit struggled free, scuffling his front paws
Noun
  1. A short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters
    • - there were minor scuffles with police
  2. An act or sound of moving in a hurried, confused, or shuffling manner
    • - he heard the scuffle of feet

  1. hassle: disorderly fighting
  2. shuffle: walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
  3. fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle"
  4. a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
  5. scramble: an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
  6. (scuffling) a confused struggle
  7. (Scuffled) Roughly planed timber that still shows signs of a sawn surface.
  8. Like the shuffle but with the heel. ( heel-brush back).
  9. (Antony and Cleopatra - 1.1.8)