Scruffle vs. Scuffle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Scruffle and Scuffle
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Scruffle
A scuffle; a physical fight or struggle.
Scuffle
To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
Scruffle
To scuffle; to wrestle.
Scuffle
To shuffle.
Scuffle
A rough disorderly struggle at close quarters.
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Scuffle
A hoe that is designed to work soil by being pushed and pulled. Also called Dutch hoe, scuffle hoe.
Scuffle
A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
Scuffle
(slang) Poverty; struggle.
Scuffle
(archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.
Scuffle
A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling.
Scuffle
(intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
Scuffle
(intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.
Scuffle
(slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
Scuffle
To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.
Scuffle
Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.
A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble.
Scuffle
A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.
Scuffle
Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.
The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned.
Scuffle
A child's pinafore or bib.
Scuffle
A garden hoe.
Scuffle
Disorderly fighting
Scuffle
A hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
Scuffle
An unceremonious and disorganized struggle
Scuffle
Walk by dragging one's feet;
He shuffled out of the room
We heard his feet shuffling down the hall
Scuffle
Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters;
The drunken men started to scuffle
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