scuffle

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

bagarre

combat

bataille

échauffourée

querelle

rixe

baroud

escarmouche

battre

dispute

bousculade

bagarrer

mélée

binette

batterie

🔋

mêlée

se battre

se chamailler

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Handgemenge

strijd

zuffa

pugna

gevecht

luta

Rauferei

batalha

slag

rissa

riña

treffen

Streit

raufen

tafferuglio

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskʌfəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à suédois: skuff

Appartenant à lituanien: skùbti

Appartenant à polonais: skubać

Appartenant à albanais: 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”).