Verb
/ˈskəfəl/,
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scuffles, plural;
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Engage in a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters
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the teacher noticed two students scuffling in the corridor
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Move in a hurried, confused, or awkward way, making a rustling or shuffling sound
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a drenched woman scuffled through the doorway
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(of an animal or person) Move (something) in a scrambling or confused manner
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the rabbit struggled free, scuffling his front paws
Noun
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A short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters
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there were minor scuffles with police
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An act or sound of moving in a hurried, confused, or shuffling manner
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he heard the scuffle of feet
Web Definitions:
- hassle: disorderly fighting
- shuffle: walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
- fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle"
- a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
- scramble: an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- (scuffling) a confused struggle
- (Scuffled) Roughly planed timber that still shows signs of a sawn surface.
- Like the shuffle but with the heel. ( heel-brush back).
- (Antony and Cleopatra - 1.1.8)