"scuffles" in the noun sense
1. hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble
disorderly fighting
2. scuffle, scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe
a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
3. scramble, scuffle
an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
"scuffles" in the verb sense
1. shuffle, scuffle, shamble
walk by dragging one's feet
"he shuffled out of the room"
"We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
2. scuffle, tussle
fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
"the drunken men started to scuffle"
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