scuffle
IPA: skˈʌfʌɫ
noun
- A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
- (slang) Poverty; struggle.
- (archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.
- A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling.
verb
- (intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
- (intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.
- (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
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Examples of "scuffle" in Sentences
- In the scuffle, she is stabbed.
- Scuffle started between the volunteers.
- In the scuffle, all three of them end up dead.
- The campaign was beset by tensions and scuffles.
- The scuffle ends with Jo gaining the upper hand.
- During the scuffle, the Panamanian flag was torn.
- In the course of the scuffle, she is injured badly.
- Mary malfunctions in the scuffle and Laura escapes.
- The scuffle extends to the streets and causes a traffic accident.
- But during the scuffle, Jacques is wounded by one of the soldier's blades.
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