v. i. | 1. | To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion. |
2. | Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard. | |
n. | 1. | A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters. |
2. | Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight. | |
3. | A child's pinafore or bib. | |
4. | A garden hoe. |
Noun | 1. | scuffle - disorderly fighting |
2. | scuffle - a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling Synonyms: Dutch hoe, scuffle hoe | |
3. | scuffle - an unceremonious and disorganized struggle Synonyms: scramble | |
Verb | 1. | scuffle - walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" |
2. | scuffle - fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle" Synonyms: tussle |