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scuffle

UK/ˈskʌfəl/ US/ˈskʌfʌl/ uncommon archaic slang
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling

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verb

1.

walk by dragging one''s feet

  • “he shuffled out of the room”
  • “We heard his feet shuffling down the hall”
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2.

fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters

  • “the drunken men started to scuffle”
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Origin

Possibly of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuffa (“to push”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (skuƀ), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).

Phrases

  • scuffle hunter

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