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Exact Match:

scuffle: a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling; fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle"

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battle royal collapse

street fight collapse

bullfight collapse: a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators

hatchet collapse: a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)

wage war collapse

duel collapse: any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups); a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor; fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"

wrestle collapse: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"; engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"; combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"; engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"

stomp collapse: a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step; walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

joust collapse: a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances; joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback

scrimmage collapse: (American football) practice play between a football team's squads; practice playing (a sport)

tug-of-war collapse: any hard struggle between equally matched groups; a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses

tourney collapse: engage in a tourney

footslog collapse

barge collapse: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals); transport by barge on a body of water; push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room"

edge tool collapse: any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)

jackknife collapse: a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out; dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife

wamble collapse: move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion

strive collapse: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"

strut collapse: a proud stiff pompous gait; brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression

lunge collapse: (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward; make a thrusting forward movement

scurry collapse: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

shamble collapse: walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"

sashay collapse: a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps

grapple with collapse

toddle collapse: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"

skirmish collapse: engage in a skirmish

wiggle collapse: the act of wiggling

trudge collapse: a long difficult walk

fracas collapse

agonize collapse: suffer agony or anguish; cause to agonize

slink collapse: walk stealthily; "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"

waddle collapse: walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other; "ducks walk with a waddle"

plod collapse

prance collapse: ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward; cause (a horse) to bound spring forward; spring forward on the hind legs; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"

grapple collapse: to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"

tussle collapse

slither collapse: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"

straddle collapse: the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options; the act of sitting or standing astride; a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars; a noncommittal or equivocal position; be noncommittal; sit or stand astride of

straggle collapse: a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"

slog collapse: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

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