scuffle
Word family verbscufflenounscuffler
scuf·fle1 /ˈskʌfəl/ noun [countableC] FIGHTa short fight that is not very violent 扭打 SYN tussle Scuffles broke out between rival supporters during the match. 比赛过程中,双方球迷之间发生了打斗。
scuffle with/between scuffles with police 和警察扭打
scuffle2 verb [intransitiveI] 1 FIGHTto have a short fight with someone, in a way that is not very serious or violent 扭打,冲突scuffle with Some of the demonstrators scuffled with the police. 示威者中有些人和警察扭打起来。
2. [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]WALK to walk quickly and make a noise as your feet rub on the ground 拖着脚快走 scuffle• The shopping precinct is full of teenagers gathered in small clusters, smoking, gossiping, laughing, scuffling.• After a lot of scuffling and grunting, the soldiers pushed Hilda out.• By the doors, where the couple had been, three teenage boys were scuffling and messing around.• I was all scuffled and pink.• Empty dories scuffled around the raft with their oars crossed.• Prowling, scuffling, moving around out there somewhere ... There was another crash of thunder.• Then there was another thud, followed by the noise of scuffling shoes on the bare wood floor.• Mark Garcia, 41, died of apparent heart failure the day after he scuffled with officers. Origin scuffle (1500-1600) Probably from a Scandinavian language