Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scuffle \Scuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scuffled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Scuffling}.] [Freq. of scuff, v.i.; cf. Sw. skuffa to
   push, shove, skuff a push, Dan. skuffe a drawer, a shovel,
   and E. shuffle, shove. See {Shove}, and cf. {Shuffle}.]
   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.              --Eikon
                                                  Basilike.

Scuffle \Scuf"fle\, n.
   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.                           --L'Estrange.

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

   4. A garden hoe. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

Source : WordNet®

scuffle
     n 1: disorderly fighting [syn: {hassle}, {tussle}, {dogfingt}, {rough-and-tumble}]
     2: a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling [syn: {scuffle
        hoe}, {Dutch hoe}]
     3: an unceremonious and disorganized struggle [syn: {scramble}]
     v 1: walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room";
          "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" [syn: {shuffle},
           {shamble}]
     2: fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the
        drunken men started to scuffle" [syn: {tussle}]