"scruffle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scruffles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scruffle (plural scruffles)
  1. (UK, dialect, Northern England) A scuffle; a physical fight or struggle. Tags: Northern-England, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-scruffle-en-noun-BAj8vYCt Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52

Verb

Forms: scruffles [present, singular, third-person], scruffling [participle, present], scruffled [participle, past], scruffled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} scruffle (third-person singular simple present scruffles, present participle scruffling, simple past and past participle scruffled)
  1. (transitive, UK, dialect, Northern England) To scuffle; to wrestle. Tags: Northern-England, UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-scruffle-en-verb-gZwi~PMP Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52

Inflected forms

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