scruffle

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/ˈskɹʌfəl/

noun

A scuffle; a physical fight or struggle.

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Meanings

nounscruffle (plural scruffles)

plural scruffles

  1. Northern EnglandUKdialectalA scuffle; a physical fight or struggle.
verbscruffle (third-person singular simple present scruffles, present participle scruffling, simple past and past participle scruffled)

present singular third person scruffles · participle present scruffling · participle past scruffled · past scruffled

  1. Northern EnglandUKdialectaltransitiveTo scuffle; to wrestle.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scruffle

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Anagrams

scuffler
Cite this entry
APA

scruffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scruffle

MLA

“scruffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scruffle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scruffle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scruffle.

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