I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A brief scuffle broke out between fans after the game.
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Rioters threw stones at the police and a few scuffles broke out.
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There was a brief scuffle as the crowd left the football ground.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A bottle crashed to the floor; there was a scuffle .
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Junkin got into a scuffle with an unidentified Jets player near the end of a kickoff return.
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The details remain unclear, but the scuffle is probably best described as potentially lucrative for Mr Tyler.
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There's a scuffle taking place on the adjacent platform: you hear the yells and the fists.
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There is a sudden scuffle as one of the dancers collapses, delirious on to the stone floor.
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There was a scuffle and he stood up, pushed past brother and friends, and dashed from the courtroom.
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There was a brief scuffle at the entrance between photographers and a male colleague with the Marquess.
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White hecklers appeared and a scuffle broke out.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After a lot of scuffling and grunting, the soldiers pushed Hilda out.
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By the doors, where the couple had been, three teenage boys were scuffling and messing around.
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Empty dories scuffled around the raft with their oars crossed.
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I was all scuffled and pink.
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Mark Garcia, 41, died of apparent heart failure the day after he scuffled with officers.
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Prowling, scuffling, moving around out there somewhere ... There was another crash of thunder.
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The shopping precinct is full of teenagers gathered in small clusters, smoking, gossiping, laughing, scuffling.
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Then there was another thud, followed by the noise of scuffling shoes on the bare wood floor.