different between scuffle vs embroilment
scuffle
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sk?f?l/
- Rhymes: -?f?l
- Hyphenation: scuf?fle
Etymology 1
Possibly of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuffa (“to push”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (sku?), from Proto-Indo-European *skewb?-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skuba? (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).
Noun
scuffle (plural scuffles)
- A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
- (archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.
Translations
Verb
scuffle (third-person singular simple present scuffles, present participle scuffling, simple past and past participle scuffled)
- (intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
- (intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.
- (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
Translations
Etymology 2
A borrowing from Dutch schoffel.
Noun
scuffle (plural scuffles)
- A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling.
Synonyms
- (Dutch hoe): scuffle hoe
Translations
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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embroilment
English
Etymology
embroil +? -ment
Noun
embroilment (countable and uncountable, plural embroilments)
- The condition of being embroiled in something; an imbroglio or entanglement.
Translations
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