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scuffle, v.
(scuffled, scuffles, scuffling)

fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
<verb.contact>

scuffle tussle

sample sentences

"the drunken men started to scuffle"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

verb frames

Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

scuffle scuffle

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hypernym

fight, struggle, contend

walk by dragging one's feet
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

scuffle shamble shuffle

sample sentences

"he shuffled out of the room"
"We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP
The children %s to the playground

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP
The children %s to the playground

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

shuffling shuffle shuffler

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derivationally related form

shambling shamble

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hyponym