Scuffle
noun
A small fight or argument that is not usually very serious.
A scuffle broke out in the schoolyard between two students.
Often appears as...
- break into a scuffle
- cause a scuffle
verb
To fight or struggle clumsily.
The two boys were scuffling in the playground.
Often appears as...
- scuffle with someone
- scuffle for something
noun
The sound of feet shuffling or dragging on the ground.
He heard the scuffle of her slippers in the hallway.
Often appears as...
- hear a scuffle
- scuffle of feet
noun
A small fight or argument that is not usually very serious.
A scuffle broke out in the schoolyard between two students.
Often appears as...
- break into a scuffle
- cause a scuffle
verb
To fight or struggle clumsily.
The two boys were scuffling in the playground.
Often appears as...
- scuffle with someone
- scuffle for something
noun
The sound of feet shuffling or dragging on the ground.
He heard the scuffle of her slippers in the hallway.
Often appears as...
- hear a scuffle
- scuffle of feet
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Minor Conflict
Use 'scuffle' to describe brief, minor conflicts, more physical than verbal.
The referee quickly resolved the scuffle between the players.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Physical
'Scuffle' usually implies some physical struggle but without serious harm.
During the sale, customers scuffled for the best deals.
Pro Tip 3/3Spontaneous Situation
A scuffle is often spontaneous and not planned, arising suddenly in the heat of the moment.
A scuffle erupted when the protestors were confronted by the police.
Compare with
altercationbrawlclashfightmeleeskirmishsquabblestruggletussle
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Mark Pagel: How language...
and you put the arrowheads down in front of him, hoping that he'll get the idea that you want to trade your arrowheads for finished arrows. But he looks at the pile of arrowheads, thinks they're a gift, picks them up, smiles and walks off. Now you pursue this guy, gesticulating. A scuffle ensues and you get stabbed
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Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
they would fight especially when it comes to around mating time or even around a carcass they might but when I say fight it's more of a scuffle they hardly hurt each other unless there is a major I suppose they have big differences there is really no need to
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The emergence of drama...
in which these characters battled for the control of the soul. Audiences loved the immoral characters, and spectators were encouraged to interact with the actors. Throwing rotten food and even getting into scuffles with other spectators became very common.
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Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
need our doses him but since that's little scuffle between him Tenggara haven't seen ting ghana and it was also the last time I saw a trial umba she was well the first one in that sighting and didn't seem to be too affected by it all but having said that
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Buffalo buffalo buffalo:...
to offset the scuffling buffalo? Consider the can-can. Can-can can-can can can can can can-can. Here, the word can comes in many guises. There's can-can, the flamboyant dance, can, that means able to,
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Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
do a bit of research and do exactly what kind of convention is going on here while you go to a buffalo convention oh dear what's going on there how very interesting possibly a little scuffle
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Hungry Monkey PIPE National...
these quick learning primates know where to find our food and how to get it they'll rate crop fields homes and park cars the scuffle and confusion can have dire
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Bite of the Tasmanian...
quickly turns into a howling scuffle anyone who studies Tazz ease up close risks painful run-ins with muscular jaws that work like a snapping sling so
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How Two Rats Become...
comes the accidental meeting of two alpha males both rats survived the scuffle which might mean another 30,000 rats by next year holy Road
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Momma Rat: 15,000 Babies...
scuffle which might mean another 30,000 rats by next year holy Road
Video examples
Mark Pagel: How language...
and you put the arrowheads down in front of him, hoping that he'll get the idea that you want to trade your arrowheads for finished arrows. But he looks at the pile of arrowheads, thinks they're a gift, picks them up, smiles and walks off. Now you pursue this guy, gesticulating. A scuffle ensues and you get stabbed
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
they would fight especially when it comes to around mating time or even around a carcass they might but when I say fight it's more of a scuffle they hardly hurt each other unless there is a major I suppose they have big differences there is really no need to
Video examples
The emergence of drama...
in which these characters battled for the control of the soul. Audiences loved the immoral characters, and spectators were encouraged to interact with the actors. Throwing rotten food and even getting into scuffles with other spectators became very common.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
need our doses him but since that's little scuffle between him Tenggara haven't seen ting ghana and it was also the last time I saw a trial umba she was well the first one in that sighting and didn't seem to be too affected by it all but having said that
Video examples
Buffalo buffalo buffalo:...
to offset the scuffling buffalo? Consider the can-can. Can-can can-can can can can can can-can. Here, the word can comes in many guises. There's can-can, the flamboyant dance, can, that means able to,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
do a bit of research and do exactly what kind of convention is going on here while you go to a buffalo convention oh dear what's going on there how very interesting possibly a little scuffle
Video examples
Hungry Monkey PIPE National...
these quick learning primates know where to find our food and how to get it they'll rate crop fields homes and park cars the scuffle and confusion can have dire
Video examples
Bite of the Tasmanian...
quickly turns into a howling scuffle anyone who studies Tazz ease up close risks painful run-ins with muscular jaws that work like a snapping sling so
Video examples
How Two Rats Become...
comes the accidental meeting of two alpha males both rats survived the scuffle which might mean another 30,000 rats by next year holy Road
Video examples
Momma Rat: 15,000 Babies...
scuffle which might mean another 30,000 rats by next year holy Road
Example 1 of 10
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Tristram Stuart
English Author
Determining the value of individual texts has been an ideological scuffle in literary criticism for centuries: but the environmental cost of printing them hauls this dispute from the ivory tower into day-to-day decision-making. Is it right to write? The publishing industry is slowly beginning to commit to using sustainably harvested trees.
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Lydia Millet
American Novelist
Most climate debates have focused on cutting the use of fossil fuels. But besides a few high-profile scuffles over fuel extraction in vulnerable wild places like the offshore Arctic, political leaders have ignored fossil fuel production as a necessary piece of climate strategy.
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Damian Lillard
American Athlete
Pressure is the single mom who is trying to scuffle and pay her rent. We get paid a lot of money to play a game. Don't get me wrong: there are challenges. But to call it pressure is almost an insult to regular people.
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Deadmau5
Canadian Musician
I get anxiety from a noise or some scuffling at the side of the stage. I hear stories all the time, from as minor as Dillon Francis getting smacked in the head with a flying beer can to Dimebag Darrell.
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Philip Rivers
American Athlete
It's kind of fun to be in a little scuffle.
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Tristram Stuart
English Author
Determining the value of individual texts has been an ideological scuffle in literary criticism for centuries: but the environmental cost of printing them hauls this dispute from the ivory tower into day-to-day decision-making. Is it right to write? The publishing industry is slowly beginning to commit to using sustainably harvested trees.
Quote examples
Lydia Millet
American Novelist
Most climate debates have focused on cutting the use of fossil fuels. But besides a few high-profile scuffles over fuel extraction in vulnerable wild places like the offshore Arctic, political leaders have ignored fossil fuel production as a necessary piece of climate strategy.
Quote examples
Damian Lillard
American Athlete
Pressure is the single mom who is trying to scuffle and pay her rent. We get paid a lot of money to play a game. Don't get me wrong: there are challenges. But to call it pressure is almost an insult to regular people.
Quote examples
Deadmau5
Canadian Musician
I get anxiety from a noise or some scuffling at the side of the stage. I hear stories all the time, from as minor as Dillon Francis getting smacked in the head with a flying beer can to Dimebag Darrell.
Quote examples
Philip Rivers
American Athlete
It's kind of fun to be in a little scuffle.
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