scuffle
Meaning
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- A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
- (slang) Poverty; struggle.
- A child's pinafore or bib.
Synonyms
scuffle hoe
scratch all over
wrestle with
make a bayonet charge
tussle with
hand-play
engagment
chide smb.
free fight
Frequency
Hyphenated as
scuf‧fle
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskʌfəl/
Etymology
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”).
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