scuffled

verb

past tense of scuffle
1
as in shuffled
to move heavily or clumsily she scuffled along in shoes that were much too large for her

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2
as in wrestled
to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery the burglar and the homeowner briefly scuffled together in the dark

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Recent Examples of scuffled Some pushed against barricades and scuffled with police, who responded by firing tear gas rounds, using water cannon and beating them with batons, TV footage showed. — Reuters, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026 Royals starter Noah Cameron scuffled early throwing 58 pitches in the first two innings before settling down for a seven-strikeout performance. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026 Kupcho scuffled to a second-round 73 after carding the only 66 of the tournament so far on Thursday. — ABC News, 5 June 2026 Mackenzie Blackwood started the year 13-1-1, but has scuffled at times in the second half of the season. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026 The Cubs need more consistency from their lineup, which has scuffled through their first nine games. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026 Brown, who scuffled as a shooter for most of the game, caught fire late with two 3-pointers and an and-one midrange jumper that cut Boston’s deficit to eight with just over a minute remaining. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026 A week ago, Justin Thomas scuffled to consecutive 79s at Bay Hill in his return to competition following back surgery. — Justin Ray, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026 The officers scuffled with the boy and wrestled him to the ground before taking him into custody, a source with knowledge of the case said. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scuffled
  1. shuffled
  2. wrestled
  3. stomped
  4. fought
  5. stumbled
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  • The Playoff remains parked at 12 teams, and some G6 conferences shuffled teams, now including North Dakota State and Sacramento State.
    — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Black voters were shuffled around Houston, with much of the previous 9th Congressional District becoming the new 18th District.
    — Rahul Mukherjee, NPR, 23 July 2026
Definition of shuffled
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  • Police wrestled him down, and Fauci, dressed in his white lab coat, bolted downstairs.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And while Frog in Boiling Water wrestled with political anxiety and environmental collapse, ZIRP!
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrestled
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  • That was broken up by Owens, who stomped Gunther and then caught him with a big clothesline.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Ten members of a Pennsylvania high school football team, including several coaches, face charges after a player was allegedly stomped with cleats, and jabbed in the buttocks with a broomstick.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of stomped
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  • The rival gangs fought and retaliated against each other both before and after Shakur's death.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Families and staff fought the plan for months, worried that the closures would disproportionately affect minority, low-income and special education students and harm all students’ academic and social well-being.
    — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of fought
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  • Athletic Club stumbled through most of last season, in part due to star forward Nico Williams never reaching 100 per cent fitness.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Andropov died in 1984, and Gorbachev took more than a year to gain power while the Kremlin stumbled along under the caretaker regime of the grievously ill Konstantin Chernenko.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of stumbled

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