noun
Refers to a physical pushing and shoving match, often in a crowd or a minor fight.
出口で揉み合いになり、けが人が出た。
A scuffle broke out at the exit and someone got hurt.
酔っ払い同士の揉み合いが店の前で起
A jostling match between drunks happened in front of the store.
Compound of 揉み (continuative form of 揉む 'to rub, knead, jostle') and 合い (continuative form of 合う 'to do together'), literally 'mutual jostling'.