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Meaning of Scuffle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈskʌfəl

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الشِّجار

Azərbaycanca çarpışmaq dalaşmaq

Български схватка

Bosanski makljaža maravela 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 tučnjava тучњава

Magyar csetepaté csoszog dulakodik

Italiano baruffa rissa Ruffa zuffa

日本語取っ組み合い組み打ち

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 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

Mastery
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Meaning of Scuffle | Babel Free

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