What does scuffle mean?
Definitions for scuffle
ˈskʌf əlscuf·fle
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word scuffle.
Princeton's WordNet
hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumblenoun
disorderly fighting
scuffle, scuffle hoe, Dutch hoenoun
a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
scramble, scuffleverb
an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
shuffle, scuffle, shambleverb
walk by dragging one's feet
"he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
scuffle, tussleverb
fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
"the drunken men started to scuffle"
Wiktionary
scufflenoun
A rough disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters
scufflenoun
A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling
scuffleverb
To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
scuffleverb
To walk with a shuffling gait.
Etymology: Possibly of Scandinavian origin. Compare Swedish skuff and skuffa, from the Germanic base *.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Scufflenoun
A confused quarrel; a tumultuous broil.
Etymology: This word is derived by Stephen Skinner from shuffle.
His captain’s heart,
In the scuffles of great fights hath burst
The buckles on his breast. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.Avowed atheists, placing themselves in the seat of the scorner, take much pleasing divertisement, by deriding our eager scuffles about that which they think nothing. Decay of Piety.
The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned. Roger L'Estrange.
Popish missionaries mix themselves in these dark scuffles, and animate the mob to such outrages and insults. Addison.
To Scuffleverb
To fight confusedly and tumultuously.
Etymology: from the noun.
I must confess I’ve seen, in former days,
The best knights in the world, and scuffled in some frays. Michael Drayton.A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantages in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble. Charles I .
ChatGPT
scuffle
A scuffle is a short, chaotic and typically unplanned fight or struggle, often involving a small amount of people, characterized by its lack of seriousness or clear rules or structure. It can also refer to a state of disorder or confusion. Additionally, it can refer to the sound or action of moving with a shuffling or scrabbling sound.
Webster Dictionary
Scuffleverb
to strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion
Scuffleverb
hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard
Scufflenoun
a rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters
Scufflenoun
hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight
Scufflenoun
a child's pinafore or bib
Scufflenoun
a garden hoe
Etymology: [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.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Scuffle
skuf′l, v.i. to struggle closely: to fight confusedly.—n. a struggle in which the combatants grapple closely: any confused contest.—n. Scuff′ler, one who, or that which, scuffles. [A freq. of Sw. skuffa, to shove, skuff, a blow.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
scuffle
A confused and disorderly contention-- "Then friends and foes to battle they goes; But what they all fights about--nobody knows."
Rap Dictionary
scufflenoun
A small fight between 2 or more people Me and my dawg got in a scuffle with some punks the other day
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scuffle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scuffle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of scuffle in a Sentence
To date none of the more than 650 interviews completed, locations searched, or evidence collected and analyzed have produced evidence that would support the existence of a scuffle, altercation, or attack on November 18, 2017.
The two had words and a little scuffle broke out, it lasted less than two minutes.
They heard a scuffle in the classroom right across from where they were working and it sounded like a fight. So( my son) opened the door and the guy lunged at him.
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- شجارArabic
- raufen, schlurfen, Rauferei, Handgemenge, balgenGerman
- reñir, riña, azada holandesaSpanish
- kahakoida, nujakka, kahakka, nujakoida, kahista, käsirysy, kitkuttaa, kitkutella, laahustaa, kituuttaa, kahinaFinnish
- binette, échauffourée, rixeFrench
- csoszogHungarian
- baruffa, rissa, zuffaItalian
- schermutseling, schoffel, schelden, handgemeen, scheldpartij, roepen, schermutselingenDutch
- bójkaPolish
- стычка, шаркать, драка, дратьсяRussian
- slagsmål, handgemängSwedish
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