scuffle

About 0.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
2. noun Poverty; struggle.
3. noun A child's pinafore or bib.
4. verb To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
5. verb To walk with a shuffling gait.
6. verb To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
7. noun A type of hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling, with a sharp blade parallel with the worked surface; an instance of this type.
8. verb To work the soil surface for weeding, etc.

Similar words

tussle rough-and-tumble scramble shamble shuffle hassle scuffle hoe dutch hoe brawl fight

Often followed by

with and in ensued of between that for at

Word family

scuffled scuffles scuffling