Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scuffle
Participle: scuffled
Gerund: scuffling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scuffle |
| you | scuffle |
| he;she;it | scuffles |
| we | scuffle |
| you | scuffle |
| they | scuffle |
Perfect
| I | have scuffled |
| you | have scuffled |
| he;she;it | has scuffled |
| we | have scuffled |
| you | have scuffled |
| they | have scuffled |
Past
| I | scuffled |
| you | scuffled |
| he;she;it | scuffled |
| we | scuffled |
| you | scuffled |
| they | scuffled |
Pluperfect
| I | had scuffled |
| you | had scuffled |
| he;she;it | had scuffled |
| we | had scuffled |
| you | had scuffled |
| they | had scuffled |
Future
| I | will scuffle |
| you | will scuffle |
| he;she;it | will scuffle |
| we | will scuffle |
| you | will scuffle |
| they | will scuffle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scuffled |
| you | will have scuffled |
| he;she;it | will have scuffled |
| we | will have scuffled |
| you | will have scuffled |
| they | will have scuffled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scuffle |
| you | scuffle |
| he;she;it | scuffle |
| we | scuffle |
| you | scuffle |
| they | scuffle |
Perfect
| I | have scuffled |
| you | have scuffled |
| he;she;it | have scuffled |
| we | have scuffled |
| you | have scuffled |
| they | have scuffled |
Imperfect
| I | scuffled |
| you | scuffled |
| he;she;it | scuffled |
| we | scuffled |
| you | scuffled |
| they | scuffled |
Pluperfect
| I | had scuffled |
| you | had scuffled |
| he;she;it | had scuffled |
| we | had scuffled |
| you | had scuffled |
| they | had scuffled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scuffle |
| you | would scuffle |
| he;she;it | would scuffle |
| we | would scuffle |
| you | would scuffle |
| they | would scuffle |
Perfect
| I | would have scuffled |
| you | would have scuffled |
| he;she;it | would have scuffled |
| we | would have scuffled |
| you | would have scuffled |
| they | would have scuffled |
Imperative
| you | scuffle |
| we | Let's scuffle |
| you | scuffle |
Verbs conjugated like 'scuffle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scuffle'
scruffle,
shuffle,
snuffle,
buffle,
chuffle,
coffle,
fuffle,
muffle,
ruffle,
scraffle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Possibly of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuffa (“to push”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (skuƀ), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”). See: Polish '
skubać'.
Sample Sentences
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Certainly a gallant man had rather fight to great diſadvantages for number and place in the field in an orderly way, then ſcuffle with an undiſciplined rabble. [1648, attributed to Charles I of England, Εἰκὼν Βασιλική [Eikōn Basilikē = Royal Portrait]. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie, in His Solitvdes and Svfferings, [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 15:]
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But shiftings and readjustments ensued, as they are sure to do with a walking-party. Cope presently found himself scuffling through the thin grass and the briery thickets alongside the young business-man. [1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope at His House Party”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, page 94:]
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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.” [1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tell a Green Man Something”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple), page 208:]