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scruffled

scruffled is the simple past and past participle of scruffle.

Meaning of scruffle

Verb

scruffle (third-person singular simple present scruffles, present participle scruffling, simple past and past participle scruffled)

  1. (Northern England, UK, dialectal, transitive) To scuffle; to wrestle.

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Questions about scruffled

What is scruffled the simple past and past participle of?
Scruffled is the simple past and past participle of scruffle.

Words near scruffled in the dictionary

  1. scruffiest
  2. scruffily
  3. scruffiness
  4. scruffing
  5. scruffle
  6. scruffled
  7. scruffles
  8. scruffling
  9. scruffs
  10. scruffy
  11. scruffy chic

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