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Scuffle Very Common

Scuffle has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
2

a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling

3

an unceremonious and disorganized struggle

4

A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.

5

A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling.

Verb
1

walk by dragging one's feet

"he shuffled out of the room"

"We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"

2

fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters

"the drunken men started to scuffle"

3

To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.

Example Sentences
"he shuffled out of the room" verb
"We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" verb
"the drunken men started to scuffle" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fight hoe struggle walk contend
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
scuff
Rhyming Words
rifle baffle faffle gaffle haffle jaffle maffle raffle waffle yaffle piffle riffle siffle wiffle coffle moffle roffle buffle duffle muffle
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