scuffle

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
2. (slang) Poverty; struggle.
3. (archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
2. (intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.
3. (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.

Verb

To work the soil surface for weeding, etc.

Conceptes

batussa

baralla

batalla

bategar

batre

castigar

combat

copejar

espetegar

lluita

🤼

pegar

picar

remenar

tumult

lluitar

ronsejar

brega

altercació

daltabaix

escaramussa

apallisar

deambular

Sinònims

fight

battle

struggle

action

tussle

brawl

skirmish

quarrel

fray

shuffle

scrimmage

squabble

combat

grapple

scrap

clash

conflict

affray

wrangle

scramble

melee

strife

rough-and-tumble

Dutch hoe

wrestle

tumult

scuffle hoe

brush

attempt

dogfight

hassle

contention

argue

fuss

free-for-all

altercation

stir

fighting

shamble

engagement

encounter

duel

riot

agitation

contest

row

coin

🪙

berate

clap

👏

clamour

Traduccions

Handgemenge

bagarre

zuffa

strijd

Rauferei

luta

pugna

gevecht

batalha

treffen

riña

rissa

slag

combat

échauffourée

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈskʌfəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb suec: skuff

Cognat amb lituà: skùbti

Cognat amb polonès: skubać

Cognat amb albanès: humb

In summary

Possibly of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuffa (“to push”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (skuƀ), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).