hassle vs scuffle what difference
what is difference between hassle and scuffle
English
Etymology
Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste + -le (frequentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhæsl/
- Rhymes: -æsəl
Noun
hassle (plural hassles)
- Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
- I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.
- A fight or argument.
- An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
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Verb
hassle (third-person singular simple present hassles, present participle hassling, simple past and past participle hassled)
- To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
- To pick a fight or start an argument.
Translations
References
- hassle at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Hassel, Lashes, halses, lashes, selahs, shales, sheals
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskʌfəl/
- Rhymes: -ʌfəl
- 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- (skuƀ), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“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.
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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.
