A dialectal word meaning to engage in a scuffle, tussle, or minor fight.
Possibly from 'cuff' (to hit) plus a suffix, or from reduplication patterns in English (like 'shuffle' or 'muffle'). Primarily Scottish or Northern English dialect.
English dialects preserve dozens of fighting-related words that most people don't know—'cuffle,' 'tussle,' 'scrap,' 'donnybrook'—showing that different regions have colorful vocabulary for the same activities.
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