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scuffle


verb (used without object), scuf·fled, scuf·fling.

  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

  1. a rough, confused struggle or fight.
  2. a shuffling: a scuffle of feet.
  3. Also called scuffle hoe. a spadelike hoe that is pushed instead of pulled.
  4. (in tap dancing) a forward and backward movement of the foot.

verb (intr)

  1. to fight in a disorderly manner
  2. to move by shuffling
  3. to move in a hurried or confused manner

noun

  1. a disorderly struggle
  2. the sound made by scuffling or shuffling

noun

  1. US a type of hoe operated by pushing rather than pulling

v.“to push or fight in a disorderly manner,” 1570s, probably a frequentative form of scuff, of Scandinavian origin. Related: Scuffled; scuffling. As a noun c.1600, from the verb.

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