Scuffle

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A garden hoe.

II. Scuffle ·noun A child's pinafore or bib.

III. Scuffle ·noun Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.

IV. Scuffle ·vi To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.

V. Scuffle ·vi Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.

VI. Scuffle ·noun A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.

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