Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - scuffle
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Scuffle
scuffle
(scuffles, scuffling, scuffled) 1. A scuffle is a short, disorganized fight or struggle. Violent scuffles broke out between rival groups demonstrating for and against independence. N-COUNT 2. If people scuffle, they fight for a short time in a disorganized way. Police scuffled with some of the protesters... He and Hannah had been scuffling in the yard outside his house. V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V SCUFFLING A scuffling noise is a noise made by a person or animal moving about, usually one that you cannot see. There was a scuffling noise in the background. ADJ: ADJ n
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1.
intransitive verb (~d; scuffling) Etymology: perhaps frequentative of scuff Date: 1590 1. a. to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion b. to struggle (as by working odd jobs) to get by 2. a. to move with a quick shuffling gait ; scurry b. shuffle • ~ noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. a confused struggle or disorderly fight at close quarters. --v.intr. engage in a scuffle. Etymology: prob. f. Scand.: cf. Sw. skuffa to push, rel. to SHOVE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. драка, потасовка; свалка 2. воен. беспорядочные боевые действия 3. редк. сумбурная речь 4. редк. шарканье (ногами) 5. участвовать в потасовке, схватке; драться to scuffle with smb. —- подраться с кем-л. 6. кое-как, наспех делать делать (что-л.) to scuffle through a task —- наспех (кое-как) выполнить задание 7. ходить волоча ноги или шаркая 8. мотыжить, разрыхлять землю ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) драка 2) шарканье (ногами) 2. v. 1) драться; Many of the marchers were seen by television cameras scuffling with the police. 2) кое-как, наспех делать (что-л.); to scuffle through a task - наспех/кое-как выполнить задание 2) ходить шаркая ногами, волоча ноги ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n a short fight between a few people that is not very violent (a brief scuffle in a corner of the bar) ~2 v 1 to have a short fight with someone, in a way that is not very serious or violent 2 always + adv/prep to walk or move quickly in a way that makes a noise (a mouse scuffling in the leaves) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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