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Meanings of scuffle in English

Wikidata

A hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling.

Portuguese
batalha
Catalan
altercació
Spanish
refriega

Disorderly fighting.

batalha
Portuguese
embaralhar
Catalan
deambular

Walk by dragging one's feet.

embaralhar
Portuguese
batalha
Spanish
refriega

An unceremonious and disorganized struggle.

batalha
Synonyms
Examples for "shuffle"
Examples for "shuffle"
1
Not a whisper in the court; not the shuffle of a foot.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
2
Stowable transport features make it easy to shuffle during or between problems.
Climbing Magazine
3
The real badass news and quality storytelling get lost in the shuffle.
Climbing Magazine
4
There was in the stiff shuffle of the men something rather familiar.
The Mucker
5
He doesn't need to listen for her shuffle to know she'll follow.
Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
1
It was a walk Laura recognized instantly, sort of a half-shamble, half-strut.
Mine
2
I stood in my doorway and watched him shamble off to bed.
Patient Zero
3
Then they take their handcarts and shamble slowly towards the farthest door.
The Fuller Memorandum
4
We passed an old woman hanging a shamble-man made of oat sheaves.
The Name of the Wind
5
I was surprised to see people setting up straw-stuffed shamble-men outside their homes.
The Name of the Wind
Usage of scuffle in English
1
He said the service station attendant witnessed the scuffle and phoned triple-0.
News.com.au
2
Behind me, there's the sound of a scuffle, but I don't stop.
Mockingjay
3
He hurt nobody in the scuffle; he was thinking of his dinner.'
Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face
4
As part of the ongoing scuffle, weapons were drawn on either side.
The South African
5
They had a scuffle in the shrubbery, and the tramp got away.
From the Ranks
6
From behind me, within, I heard the sounds of a brief scuffle.
To Die in Italbar
7
Police fired pepper spray during a scuffle outside a nearby train station.
Reuters
8
Kateryna tried to push her father away several times during the scuffle.
The Irish Times
9
From somewhere in the house comes the sudden noise of a scuffle.
Robin and ruby
10
There's a scuffle at the far side of the room, somebody pleading.
Soon I will be invincible
11
The youth and his friend had a small scuffle over the flag.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
12
Here the Nurse and Hermione nearly had a scuffle over the worsted.
The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales
13
The other must have been a coward and escaped from the scuffle.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
14
At some point, Noxieh recalled, things allegedly escalated beyond a verbal scuffle.
The South African
15
Emir Owatt could hear the scuffle of feet as people went running.
Wizardborn
16
A scuffle ensued, before the robbers pulled the trigger on their victims.
The South African
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Scuffle across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common