Definitions for scuffles

scuffles scuf·fle

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

Scuffles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in scuffles (cefflssu).

Definitions for scuffles

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.
  5. a rough, confused struggle or fight.
  6. a shuffling:
  7. Also called scuffle hoe. a spadelike hoe that is pushed instead of pulled.
  8. (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.
  4. to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
  5. to go or move in hurried confusion.
  6. to move or go with a shuffle; scuff.

Origin of scuffles

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

Examples for scuffles

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for scuffles
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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