单词	tussle
释义	tussle1 nountussle2 verb tussletus‧sle1 /ˈtʌsəl/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a tussle for control of the party The two women got into a violent tussle in which Joan was thrown to the ground. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After a boardroom tussle at Paramount, its studio chief, Frank Mancuso, quit. Alton Bass Reserves winning a midfield tussle. Bad blood remained from the previous weeks tussle and national expectation weighed heavily on everyone's shoulders. More agile, and much stronger than I, Kip got the bottle away from me after the briefest tussle. Oxford will have a tussle on their hands at the Manor. The tussles in the coming months between the White House and the Republican Congress will be crucial. The first tussles of the 1848 revolution took place here when it was the military headquarters. 1a fight using a lot of energy, in which two people get hold of each other and struggle SYN  struggle:  After quite a tussle, I finally wrenched the letter from him.2a struggle or argument in which people try to beat each other to get something SYN  contest:  his defeat in the leadership tussle tussle1 nountussle2 verb tussletussle2 verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINtussle2 Origin: 1400-1500 touse ‘to pull roughly’ (14-19 centuries) Verb Table VERB TABLE tussle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they tussle he, she, it tussles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they tussled Present perfect I, you, we, they have tussled he, she, it has tussled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had tussled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will tussle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have tussled Continuous Form Present I am tussling he, she, it is tussling you, we, they are tussling Past I, he, she, it was tussling you, we, they were tussling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been tussling he, she, it has been tussling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been tussling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be tussling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been tussling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Shea tussled with the doorman when he was not allowed in the club. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Her dolls or action figures may always kiss and hug, but never fight or tussle with each other, for example. I tussled with the fish for a bit, a strong and lively fellow, and persuaded it to the boat. Now he was, spasmodically, totting up some figures - in the intervals between tussling with the Telegraph crossword clues. One day, a woman turned up who must have seemed the very embodiment of that nature he was tussling with daily. Raider and hunter tussled, strength against strength, the one pulling up, the other down. The yeoman's wife would tussle for a good place to set down her stool. There were kids tussling on rafts of planks and plastic drums; couples in rowing boats; powerboats limping, out of charge. They were tussling, in their cute little MBA-zombie way, over who would get which cool movie poster. 1to fight or struggle without using any weapons, by pulling or pushing someone rather than hitting themtussle with He was tussling with the other boys.2to try to beat someone in order to get something SYN  wrestletussle for They tussled for first place in the race.
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