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English Dictionary: scuffle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for scuffle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scuffle n disorderly fighting [syn: hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble] a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling Synonym(s): scuffle, scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe an unceremonious and disorganized struggle Synonym(s): scramble, scuffle v walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" Synonym(s): shuffle, scuffle, shamble fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle" Synonym(s): scuffle, tussle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scuffle \Scuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scuffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scuffling}.] [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}.] 1. To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion. 2. Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard. A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble. --Eikon Basilike.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scuffle \Scuf"fle\, n. 1. A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters. 2. Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight. The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned. --L'Estrange. 3. A child's pinafore or bib. [Prov. Eng.] 4. A garden hoe. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.