scuffle

Plural: scuffles

Noun

disorderly fighting
a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
Poverty; struggle.
A child's pinafore or bib.
A type of hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling, with a sharp blade parallel with the worked surface; an instance of this type.

Verb

Verb Forms: scuffled, scuffling, scuffles

To struggle in a rough, confused manner; a minor fight.
walk by dragging one's feet
fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
- "the drunken men started to scuffle"
To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
To walk with a shuffling gait.
To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
To work the soil surface for weeding, etc.

Examples

A small SCUFFLE erupted when both players claimed the triple-word bonus square.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

dogfight, Dutch hoe, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scramble, scuffle hoe, shamble, shuffle, tussle

Scrabble Score: 15

scuffle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scuffle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scuffle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

scuffle: valid Words With Friends Word