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scruffling

scruffling is the present participle and gerund 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 scruffling

What is scruffling the present participle and gerund of?
Scruffling is the present participle and gerund of scruffle.

Words near scruffling in the dictionary

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

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