verb · intransitive · rare

scuffle

scuf·fle

scuffle · scuffles · scuffled · scuffling

битися, чубитися, човгати, плентатися

драться, шаркать

raufen, balgen, schlurfen

To fight or struggle confusedly at close quartersTo fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.

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/ˈskʌfəl/

» There was a scuffle in front of the store when the new product was released.

Як випустили новий продукт, біля магазину відбулася сутичка.

Meaning

4 senses

(intransitive)To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
raufen, balgen
дра́тьсяdrátʹsja
битисяbytysja, чубитисяčubytysja
fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
(intransitive)To walk with a shuffling gait.
schlurfen
ша́ркатьšárkatʹ
човгатиčovhaty, плентатисяplentatysja
walk by dragging one's feet
(slang)To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
To work the soil surface for weeding, etc.
Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) scarify, cultivate, grub; weed

Examples

6 sentences

There was a scuffle in front of the store when the new product was released.
Як випустили новий продукт, біля магазину відбулася сутичка.
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Kalman heard leaves scuffling.
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The president’s supporters reacted with outrage and there were incidents of protesters scuffling with police.
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A scuffle is not an organized bout: it is a free-for-all, with fists flying in any and all directions.
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Sami and Layla's scuffle became intense inside the car.
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Translations

5 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters:

to walk with a shuffling gait:

Русский

By meaning 2

to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters:

to walk with a shuffling gait:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters:

to walk with a shuffling gait:

Origin

Possibly of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuff

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”).

The noun is a borrowing from Dutch schoffel; the English verb arose via subsequent verbification within English but is also parallel with Dutch schoffelen.

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