Scuffle
Scuffle , intransitive verb
[Freq. of scuff, v.i.; compare Swedish skuffa to push, shove, skuff a push, Danish skuffe a drawer, a shovel, and English shuffle, shove. See Shove, and compare Shuffle.]
1.
To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.
2.
Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.
A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble.
Scuffle , noun
1.
A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.
2.
Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.
The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned.
3.
A child's pinafore or bib. [Provincial English]
4.
A garden hoe. [Provincial English] — Halliwell