noun · rare

scuffle

scuf·fle

scuffle · scuffles

бійка, сутичка

драка, стычка, голландская мотыга, прополочная мотыга

Handgemenge, Rauferei

A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quartersA rough, disorderly fight or struggle 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. — shanghainese

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Meaning

4 senses

A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
Handgemenge, Rauferei
сты́чкаstýčka, дра́каdráka
бійкаbijka, сутичкаsutyčka
(slang)Poverty; struggle.
an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
A type of hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling, with a sharp blade parallel with the worked surface; an instance of this type.
Near-synonyms: collinear hoe, collineal hoe (loosely synonymous)
пропо́лочная моты́гаpropóločnaja motýga, голла́ндская моты́гаgollándskaja motýga
a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
(archaic)A child's pinafore or bib.

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. — shanghainese
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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

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters:

Русский

By meaning 2

rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters:

specialized hoe for weeding:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters:

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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