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Scuffle

🔄 Synonyms of "Scuffle"

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WordDefinition
shufflenoun(ambitransitive) To put in a random order.
scramblenoun(transitive, of food ingredients, usually including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
tusslenounA physical fight or struggle.
hasslenounTrouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
shamblenounTo walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.
rough-and-tumblenounRough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight.
scuffle hoenounSynonym of scuffle (“type of hoe”).
dutch hoenounSynonym of scuffle (“type of hoe”).

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WordDefinition
tusslenounA physical fight or struggle.
rough-and-tumblenounRough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight.
scramblenounA dish (meal) involving scrambled eggs and a hodgepodge of complementary ingredients, usually closer to a casserole than to an omelette.
shamblenoun(mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
shufflenounThe act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
hasslenounTrouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
scuffle hoenounSynonym of scuffle (“type of hoe”).
dutch hoenounSynonym of scuffle (“type of hoe”).
brawlnounA disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
fightnounA physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
strugglenoun(figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.
meleenoun(especially military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
stampedenoun(by extension) A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to move in the same direction at the same time, especially in consequence of a panic.
rumblenounA low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
fightingnounThe act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
fraynoun(countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
dogfightnoun(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
spatnounA brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
squabblenounA minor fight or argument.
fracasnounA noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.

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