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Meanings of scuffle in English
Synonyms
Examples for "tussle"
Examples for "tussle"
1
But the tussle for the sixth seat made the result highly unpredictable.
2
Of course, that means the parting tussle between Quince and the wrangler.
3
And at length the Merrimac gave up the tussle, and sailed away.
4
Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin, shown here, steps into legal tussle over executions.
5
Rosalind grimaced down at her skirt, ripped during a tussle for freedom.
1
Winner: Virtual Boy Writing Columns iPad: Possible, but kind of a hassle.
2
It's just way too detail oriented and too much of a hassle.
3
But in general that's just too much hassle in an urbanised society.
4
Families might well wonder if it is worth the hassle next time.
5
Months of planning and hassle for a few minutes before a preacher.
1
What had earlier been a foregone conclusion had descended into a dogfight.
2
Mazer quickly put on his helmet and zoomed in, following the dogfight.
3
He didn't disappoint and sought to draw his opponent into a dogfight.
4
But he also admits there are ups and downs to the dogfight.
5
When you're in a relegation dogfight you've got to fight like dogs.
1
So much about this young, rough-and-tumble country reminded me of my own.
2
It also kept him attuned to the rough-and-tumble of the criminal marketplace.
3
Even when these were prohibited the game was of a rough-and-tumble variety.
4
The rough-and-tumble aspect of playing with colour is not for shrinking violets.
5
But Patsy was a rushing, rough-and-tumble saloon-fighter, while Watson was a boxer.
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deambular Usage of scuffle in English
1
He said the service station attendant witnessed the scuffle and phoned triple-0.
2
Behind me, there's the sound of a scuffle, but I don't stop.
3
He hurt nobody in the scuffle; he was thinking of his dinner.'
4
As part of the ongoing scuffle, weapons were drawn on either side.
5
They had a scuffle in the shrubbery, and the tramp got away.
6
From behind me, within, I heard the sounds of a brief scuffle.
7
Police fired pepper spray during a scuffle outside a nearby train station.
8
Kateryna tried to push her father away several times during the scuffle.
9
From somewhere in the house comes the sudden noise of a scuffle.
10
There's a scuffle at the far side of the room, somebody pleading.
11
The youth and his friend had a small scuffle over the flag.
12
Here the Nurse and Hermione nearly had a scuffle over the worsted.
13
The other must have been a coward and escaped from the scuffle.
14
At some point, Noxieh recalled, things allegedly escalated beyond a verbal scuffle.
15
Emir Owatt could hear the scuffle of feet as people went running.
16
A scuffle ensued, before the robbers pulled the trigger on their victims.
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Scuffle across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common