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[ tuhs-uhl ] / ˈtʌs əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tussle ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), tus·sled, tus·sling.to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle. nouna rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle. any vigorous or determined struggle, conflict, etc.: I had quite a tussle with that chemistry exam. Origin of tussle1425–75; late Middle English (north and Scots ) tusillen, derivative (see -le) of tusen to touse Words nearby tussletussiculation, tussie-mussie, tussis, tussive, tussive fremitus, tussle, tussock, tussock caterpillar, tussock grass, tussock moth, tussocky Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tussleBut first, there's a tussle with the senior senator from Arizona to take care of. Rand Paul Eats Up Hoax That John McCain Met With ISIS|Olivia Nuzzi|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST They would rustle and tussle it for like three minutes and that was it! OITNB’s New Villain Vee, Played By Lorraine Toussaint, Speaks for the First Time|Kevin Fallon|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Without his high-school wrestling experience, she might have won the tussle. The Moment Kurt Cobain Met Courtney Love|Charles R. Cross|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Both Parks and Brechneff tussle with the idea of being almost insiders. Insider Outsiders: How to Write About Greece and Italy|Alexander Aciman|July 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the film, we watch as Gollum gets in a tussle with his next meal, an unsuspecting goblin. ‘The Hobbit’: 19 Changes from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Novel to Peter Jackson’s Movie|Anna Klassen|December 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST It was her way to face facts once for all, tussle with them, gain or lose, and be done with them. Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett It is a tussle for money with them as with us, meaning power. The Celt and Saxon, Complete|George Meredith Julia, who has her eye on Martha, and is quite enjoying this tussle of the two says nothing. Possession|Laurence Housman George still dark, all the tussle and the misery without a word from him. A Room With A View|E. M. Forster Suppose they had fallen out during his tussle with the bear! The Long Patrol|H. A. Cody
British Dictionary definitions for tussle
verb(intr) to fight or wrestle in a vigorous way; struggle nouna vigorous fight; scuffle; struggle Word Origin for tussleC15: related to Old High German zūsen; see tousle Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tusslebrawl, scuffle, strife, fray, skirmish, free-for-all, tangle, wrestle, roughhouse, clash, combat, contest, undertaking, scrap, fight, rumble, jam, hassle, encounter, grind |