Scuffle /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Scuffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffling

1. To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.
2. Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.

   A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble.

1. A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.
2. Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.

   The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned.

3. A child's pinafore or bib. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A garden hoe. [Prov. Eng.]