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scuffling

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scuf·fle 1  (skfl)
intr.v. scuf·fled, scuf·fling, scuf·fles
1. To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
2. To shuffle.
n.
A rough disorderly struggle at close quarters.
[Probably frequentative of scuff.]
scuffler n.
scuf·fle 2  (skfl)
n.
A hoe that is manipulated by pushing or pulling. Also called Dutch hoe, scuffle hoe.
[Dutch schoffel, hoe for weeding, from Middle Dutch, hoe, shovel.]
Translations
scuffling [ˈskʌflɪŋ] adj [noise, sound] → furtif/ive


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As he came up the stairs in the dark, he heard scuffling on the back porch, and then the sound of a vigorous slap.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
why, it's pale and noiseless -- just ghosts scuffling in a fog.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
She was just trying to impress upon her mind that Amoy was two hundred and eighty miles from Hong Kong, when Fun came scuffling back, bearing what she thought was a small sword, till he unfurled an immense fan, and presented it with a string of Chinese compliments, the meaning of which would have amused her even more than the sound, if she could have understood it.
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