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Meaning of Scuffle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈskʌfəl

Definitions

  1. A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
  2. A type of hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling, with a sharp blade parallel with the worked surface; an instance of this type.
  3. Poverty; struggle.
    slang
  4. A child's pinafore or bib.
    archaic

Equivalents

العربية الشِّجار
Azərbaycan dili çarpışmaq dalaşmaq
Български схватка
Bosanski makljaža maravela Rina tučnjava тучњава
Català batussa
Čeština rvačka tahanice
Deutsch balgen Balgerei Gemenge Handgemenge Rangelei Raufen Rauferei Schlurfen
Ελληνικά άρπαγμα σκοτωμός
Español azada holandesa refriega reñir riña
Suomi kahakka kahakoida kähinä kähistä kärhämöidä käsirysy kitkutella kitkuttaa kituuttaa laahustaa nahinointi nahistelu nitkuttaa nujakka nujakoida nujakointi
Français bagarre binette échauffourée rixe
Galego pelexa
עברית מצות
हिन्दी हाथापाई
Hrvatski makljaža maravela Rina tučnjava тучњава
Magyar csetepaté csoszog dulakodik
Italiano baruffa rissa Ruffa zuffa
日本語 取っ組み合い 組み打ち
Kurdî arbede
Latviešu sadursme
Nederlands handgemeen roepen schelden scheldpartij schermutseling schermutselingen schoffel
Polski naparzać się prać się szamotać się targać się tłuc się walić się
Português rixa
Русский голла́ндская моты́га драка драться пропо́лочная моты́га стычка шаркать
Српски makljaža maravela Rina tučnjava тучњава
Svenska handgemäng slagsmål
Türkçe arbede boğuşma
Українська би́тися бійка су́тичка

Examples

“The Dog leaps upon the Serpent, and Tears it to Pieces; but in the Scuffle the Cradle happen'd to be Overturn'd: […]”
“It appears the Company had received news that one of their captains had been killed in a scuffle with the natives.”
“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.”
“But even on the scuffle / The cleaner's press⟳ was in my jeans”
“Near-synonyms: collinear hoe, collineal hoe (loosely synonymous)”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

scuffle hoe scuffle hunter Scuffled scuffler Scuffles Scuffling

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