scuffle

Found in thesaurus: scrap, combat, fight, fighting, hoe, struggle, battle, walk, contend

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scuffle
v. quarrel, engage in a minor fight
 
n. quarrel, minor fight, altercation

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scuffle

Noun
1. disorderly fighting
(synonym) hassle, tussle, dogfingt, rough-and-tumble
(hypernym) fight, fighting, combat, scrap
(derivation) tussle
2. a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
(synonym) scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe
(hypernym) hoe
3. an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
(synonym) scramble
(hypernym) struggle, battle
(derivation) tussle

Verb
1. walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
(synonym) shuffle, shamble
(hypernym) walk
(hyponym) scuff, drag
2. fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle"
(synonym) tussle
(hypernym) fight, struggle
(derivation) scramble


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scuffle
n. rvačka

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scuffle
Rzecz. utarczka

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Scuffle
(v. i.)
To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.
  
 
(v. i.)
Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.
  
 
(n.)
Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.
  
 
(n.)
A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.
  
 
(n.)
A garden hoe.
  
 
(n.)
A child's pinafore or bib.
  

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