scuffle

IPA: skˈʌfʌɫ

(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.

Examples of "scuffle" in Sentences

Chargers 'Phillips arrested in scuffle with police
Notice how the beating and multiple tasings are described as a 'scuffle'.
Chimera said the scuffle was a result of a hard hit by Ovechkin earlier in the game.
The scuffle was a decided step out of character for the easygoing and humble Borel, a lifelong jockey who has flourished under the twin spires.
Indeed, the Gators have been through a rough couple weeks, but Donovan scoffs at the perception that the scuffle is a sign of a team in turmoil.
I am, however, less sympathetic to your claim that the resolution-through-scuffle is absurd on the grounds that it is a highly-technical determination.
Not a latent echo in the house, not a squeak and scuffle from the mice behind the panelling, not a drip from the half-thawed water-spout in the dull yard behind, not a sigh among the leafless boughs of one despondent poplar, not the idle swinging of an empty store-house door, no, not a clicking in the fire, but fell upon the heart of Scrooge with a softening influence, and gave a freer passage to his tears.