scuffle🔊

A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.

(slang) Poverty; struggle.

(archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.

To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.

To walk with a shuffling gait.

(slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.

(scuffle hoe) A type of hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling, with a sharp blade parallel with the worked surface; an instance of this type. +

(work the soil surface for weeding, etc) (agriculture) To work the soil surface for weeding, etc.