scuffle
verb/ˈskʌfl/
/ˈskʌfl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scuffle | /ˈskʌfl/ /ˈskʌfl/ |
| he / she / it scuffles | /ˈskʌflz/ /ˈskʌflz/ |
| past simple scuffled | /ˈskʌfld/ /ˈskʌfld/ |
| past participle scuffled | /ˈskʌfld/ /ˈskʌfld/ |
| -ing form scuffling | /ˈskʌflɪŋ/ /ˈskʌflɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] scuffle (with somebody) (of two or more people) to fight or struggle with each other for a short time, in a way that is not very serious
- She scuffled with photographers as she left her hotel.
- They scuffled for a few minutes, but did not exchange blows.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move quickly making a quiet rubbing noise
- Some animal was scuffling in the bushes.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish skuffa ‘to push’; related to shove and shuffle.
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