Definitions for scuffle

scuffle scuf·fle

Spelling: [skuhf-uh l]
IPA: /ˈskʌf əl/

Scuffle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in scuffle (cefflsu).

Definitions for scuffle

noun

  1. a rough, confused struggle or fight.
  2. a shuffling:
  3. Also called scuffle hoe. a spadelike hoe that is pushed instead of pulled.
  4. (in tap dancing) a forward and backward movement of the foot.

verb (used without object)

  1. to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
  2. to go or move in hurried confusion.
  3. to move or go with a shuffle; scuff.

Origin of scuffle

First recorded in 1570-80; See origin at scuff, -le

Examples for scuffle

In the scuffle Luna was knocked down and shot several times.

The Admiral's Secretary entered, and saw the scuffle from afar.

Sharpton later accused Ryan of kicking a blind man in a scuffle with demonstrators.

On the surface, the scuffle merely reflected differing opinions about the arguments deployed last week at the Supreme Court.

Courage educated into them at Eton or Rugby, in many a fight and 289 scuffle.

Of those who were caught in the scuffle, many were teenagers, students, civic activists, and pensioners.

There had been a scuffle at school; well, a scuffle after football practice is more precise.

One of my men, who had been wounded in the scuffle, had his hand all bloody.

He heard a scuffle of feet and she was pulled from the window.

A scuffle with a teacher results in an arrest and expulsion, and Jameis is sent to juvenile detention for assault charges.

Word Value for scuffle
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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