scuffle
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈskʌfəl/
Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌfəl
- Hyphenation: scuf‧fle
Etymology 1
Possibly of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuffa (“to push”), from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (skuƀ).
Noun
scuffle (plural scuffles)
- A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
- 1692, Roger L'Estrange, “Fab[le] CCCCLXX. A Farmer and His Servant.”, in Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflexions, London: Printed for R[ichard] Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, M[atthew] Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, and J[oseph] Hindmarsh, →OCLC; 2nd corrected and amended edition, London: Printed for R[ichard] Sare, B. Took, M[atthew] Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, J[oseph] Hindmarsh, and G[eorge] Sawbridge, 1694, →OCLC, page 435:
- The Dog leaps upon the Serpent, and Tears it to Pieces; but in the Scuffle the Cradle happen'd to be Overturn'd: […]
- 2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1–1 Russia”, in BBC Sport[1], archived from the original on 13 June 2016:
- Fights ensued as many England supporters attempted to retreat before some stewards moved in. Intermittent scuffles continued to break out until the section of the crowd where the trouble started was vacated.
- (archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.
Translations
rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters
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Verb
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- (intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
- 1648, attributed to Charles I of England, Εἰκὼν Βασιλική [Eikōn Basilikē = Royal Portrait]. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie, in His Solitvdes and Svfferings, [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 15:
- Certainly a gallant man had rather fight to great diſadvantages for number and place in the field in an orderly way, then ſcuffle with an undiſciplined rabble.
- (intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.
- (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
Translations
to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters
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to walk with a shuffling gait
to get by (financially)
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Etymology 2
A borrowing from Dutch schoffel.
Noun
scuffle (plural scuffles)
- A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling.
Synonyms
- (Dutch hoe): scuffle hoe
Translations
Dutch hoe
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