Scuffle
['skʌf(ə)l] or ['skʌfl]
Definition
(noun.) a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling.
(verb.) fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; 'the drunken men started to scuffle'.
Typist: Mag--From WordNet
Definition
(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.) A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.
(n.) Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.
(n.) A child's pinafore or bib.
(n.) A garden hoe.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Struggle (in a disorderly manner), contend, fight, strive (as in a close embrace).
n. Contest (of a disorderly kind), struggle, fight, rencounter, encounter, broil, fray, brawl, quarrel, squabble, wrangle, altercation, set-to.
Edited by Georgina
Definition
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.
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Examples
- Elliston, still smarting with the knocks, kicks and scratches he had got in his scuffle with the obstinate coachman, was not in a very gentle humour. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- No, she hasn't,' said Nancy, pale and breathless from the scuffle; 'no, she hasn't, Fagin; don't think it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- His whole existence was a scuffle. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Unfortunately for her, she had lost her glasses in the scuffle, and as she was extremely short-sighted she was really helpless without them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- No, gentlemen; he'll always show 'em a clean pair of heels very early in the scuffle, and sneak away. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In the scuffle, your son struck Sir George and cut him over the eye. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He dogs the fellow, he sees him enter a house, he waits outside for him, and in the scuffle he receives his own death-wound. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A considerable scuffling within ensued, but nothing else. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Edited by Flo