confused+struggle
11melee — also mêlée noun Etymology: French mêlée, from Old French meslee, from mesler to mix more at meddle Date: circa 1648 a confused struggle; especially a hand to hand fight among several people …
12Kornilov affair — The Kornilov Affair (Russian: Корниловщина, Kornilovshchina ) was a confused struggle between Commander in Chief of the Russian army, General Lavr Kornilov and Aleksandr Kerensky in August/September, 1917, in between the abdication of Tsar… …
13Ghūrid Sultanate — ▪ ancient kingdom, Afghanistan rulers of a kingdom centred in Ghūr (modern Ghowr) in west central Afghanistan from the mid 12th to the early 13th century. Its founder was ʿAlāʾ ud Dīn Ḥusayn. Ghūr is a mountainous territory situated… …
14scuffling — noun a confused struggle …
15scrimmage — late 15c., alteration of SKIRMISH (Cf. skirmish). The verb is recorded from 1825. Related: Scrimmaged; scrimmaging. Meaning in rugby and U.S. football dates from 1857, originally a confused struggle between players …
16scrimmage — noun 1》 a confused struggle or fight. 2》 American Football a sequence of play beginning with the placing of the ball on the ground with its longest axis at right angles to the goal line. verb American Football engage in a scrimmage. ↘put (the… …
17muss — n. Scramble, confused struggle, disorder, state of confusion …
18scrimmage — ► NOUN 1) a confused struggle or fight. 2) American Football a sequence of play beginning with the placing of the ball on the ground with its longest axis at right angles to the goal line. ► VERB American Football ▪ engage in a scrimmage. ORIGIN… …
19scrimmage — [skrim′ij] n. [altered < SKIRMISH] 1. a rough and tumble fight; tussle; confused struggle ☆ 2. Football a) short for LINE OF SCRIMMAGE b) play that begins with the snap from center, with both teams positioned on the line of scrimmage 3 …
20scrimmage — n. & v. n. 1 a rough or confused struggle; a brawl. 2 Amer. Football a sequence of play beginning with the placing of the ball on the ground with its longest axis at right angles to the goal line. v. 1 intr. engage in a scrimmage. 2 tr. Amer.… …
