See scuffle on Wiktionary
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"text": "The Dog leaps upon the Serpent, and Tears it to Pieces; but in the Scuffle the Cradle happen'd to be Overturn'd: […]",
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"ref": "1975, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing of Summer Lawns:",
"text": "But even on the scuffle / The cleaner's press was in my jeans",
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"word": "dalaşmaq"
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"word": "çarpışmaq"
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"word": "боричкам се"
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"text": "Once a good friend of mine, a fine hoofer who was having trouble getting bookings, ran up to that tree, gave it a big smack, and yelled “Lawd please make me a pimp, any kind of a pimp, long as I’m pimpin’. I’m tired of scufflin’ and my feet are too long outa work.”",
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"word": "roepen"
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"word": "raufen"
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"sense": "to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters",
"word": "balgen"
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"word": "dulakodik"
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"sense": "to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters",
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"sense": "to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters",
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"sense": "to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters",
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"word": "napieprzać się"
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"sense": "to fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters",
"word": "дра́ться"
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"sense": "to walk with a shuffling gait",
"word": "тътря се"
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čovhaty",
"sense": "to walk with a shuffling gait",
"word": "човгати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "plentatysja",
"sense": "to walk with a shuffling gait",
"word": "плентатися"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to get by (financially)",
"word": "kitkuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to get by (financially)",
"word": "kituuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to get by (financially)",
"word": "kitkutella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to get by (financially)",
"word": "nitkuttaa"
}
],
"word": "scuffle"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Dutch",
"English terms derived from Dutch",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ʌfəl",
"Rhymes:English/ʌfəl/2 syllables",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"en:Gaits",
"en:Tools",
"en:Violence"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nl",
"3": "schoffel"
},
"expansion": "Dutch schoffel",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "A borrowing from Dutch schoffel.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "scuffles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "scuffle (plural scuffles)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"scuf‧fle"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling."
],
"links": [
[
"Dutch hoe",
"Dutch hoe"
],
[
"manipulate",
"manipulate"
],
[
"push",
"push"
],
[
"pull",
"pull"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈskʌfəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-scuffle.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-scuffle.ogg/En-au-scuffle.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-scuffle.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌfəl"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "Dutch hoe",
"word": "scuffle hoe"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Dutch hoe",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "schoffel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Dutch hoe",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "binette"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Dutch hoe",
"word": "pāketu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Dutch hoe",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "azada holandesa"
}
],
"word": "scuffle"
}
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