scuffle

[US]/'skʌf(ə)l/
[UK]/'skʌfl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a rough or confused struggle; a tussle
vi. to engage in a rough or confused struggle; to tussle

Phrases & Collocations

a brief scuffle

Example Sentences

scuffle with an assailant

scuffle along in life

he heard the scuffle of feet.

there were minor scuffles with police.

a drenched woman scuffled through the doorway.

He got into a scuffle with safety Donnie Nickey at Titans training camp Thursday.

Real-world Examples

But there were some scuffles with police who fired tear gas.

Source: NPR News March 2019 Compilation

There have been some scuffles with reports of teargas being fired by the police.

Source: BBC Listening February 2014 Collection

I expected to hear a scuffle in the hall or at least a smothered shriek.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

There may have been some kind of scuffle.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

Videos on social media shows supermarket customers scuffling over packets of sugar.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2022

Scuffles went on for many hours with police keeping the students apart.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2014

Israeli protesters blocked Tel Aviv's main highway and scuffled with police.

Source: AP Listening July 2023 Collection

They wielded chairs and microphones during the prolonged scuffles in the parliamentary chamber.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2017

How about some entertainment on board this unusual vessel to offset the scuffling buffalo?

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

In the scuffle, your son struck Sir George and cut him over the eye.

Source: The Case of the Green Jade Crown in Sherlock Holmes' Investigations

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