tussle

tus·sle

(tŭs′əl)

intr.v. tus·sled, tus·sling, tus·sles

To struggle roughly; scuffle.

n.

A rough or vigorous struggle; a scuffle.

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[From English dialectal (north of England) and Scots, variant of tousle.]

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tussle

(ˈtʌsəl)

vb

(intr) to fight or wrestle in a vigorous way; struggle

n

a vigorous fight; scuffle; struggle

[C15: related to Old High German zūsen; see tousle]

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tus•sle

(ˈtʌs əl)

v. -sled, -sling,
n. v.i.

1. to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; scuffle.

n.

2. a rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle.

3. any vigorous or determined struggle, conflict, etc.

[1425–75; late Middle English (north and Scots) tusillen, variant of touselen to tousle]

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tussle

Past participle: tussled
Gerund: tussling

Imperative

tussle

tussle

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tussle - disorderly fighting       rough-and-tumble, scuffle, dogfight, hassle fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
Verb	1.	tussle - fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle" scuffle fight, struggle, contend - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
	2.	tussle - make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair" muss disarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

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tussle

verb

1. fight, battle, struggle, scrap (informal), contend, wrestle, vie, brawl, grapple, scuffle They ended up tussling with the security staff.

2. argue, row (Brit. informal), clash, dispute, disagree, quarrel, squabble, wrangle Officials tussled over who had responsibility for it.

noun

1. fight, scrap (informal), brawl, scuffle, battle, competition, struggle, conflict, contest, set-to (informal), bout, contention, fray, punch-up (Brit. informal), fracas, shindig (informal), scrimmage, shindy (informal), bagarre (French) The referee booked him for a tussle with the goalie.

2. argument, row (Brit. informal), clash, disagreement, contention, quarrel, squabble, war of words, contretemps a legal tussle over who gets custody of the children

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tussle

verb

To contend with an opponent at close quarters, as by attempting to throw him or her:

grapple, scuffle, wrestle.

Idiom: go to the mat with.

noun

A physical conflict involving two or more:

fight, fistfight, fisticuffs, scrap, scuffle.

Slang: rumble.

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Translations

controversialottare

tussle

[ˈtʌsl]

A. N (= struggle) → lucha f (for por) (= scuffle) → pelea f, agarrada f
to have a tussle with → pelearse con

B. VI → pelearse (with, about, over con por) they tussled with the police → se pelearon con la policía

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tussle

[ˈtʌs^əl]

n (= scuffle) → bagarre f

vi (= scuffle) → se battre
to tussle with sb → se battre avec qn

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tussle

n (lit, fig) → Gerangel nt

vi → sich rangeln (with sb for sth mit jdm um etw)

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tussle

[ˈtʌsl]

1. n → baruffa, mischia
to have a tussle with → fare baruffa con

2. vi to tussle (with sb for sth) → far baruffa (con qn per qc)

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