scuffle | ||
1. | [ noun ] disorderly fighting | |
Synonyms: | tussle rough-and-tumble dogfingt hassle | |
Related terms: | fight tussle | |
2. | [ verb ] fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters | |
Synonyms: | tussle | |
Examples: | "the drunken men started to scuffle" |
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Related terms: | fight hassle | |
3. | [ noun ] a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling | |
Synonyms: | Dutch_hoe scuffle_hoe | |
Related terms: | hoe | |
4. | [ verb ] fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters | |
Synonyms: | tussle | |
Examples: | "the drunken men started to scuffle" |
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Related terms: | struggle | |
5. | [ verb ] walk by dragging one's feet | |
Synonyms: | shuffle shamble | |
Examples: | "he shuffled out of the room" "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" |
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Related terms: | walk scuff shamble | |
6. | [ noun ] an unceremonious and disorganized struggle | |
Synonyms: | scramble | |
Related terms: | struggle tussle | |
Similar spelling: |
Scheffler Schefflera Scheffel Scofield scofflaw Schebler |