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tussle

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tus·sle  (tsl)
intr.v. tus·sled, tus·sling, tus·sles
To struggle roughly; scuffle.
n.
A rough or vigorous struggle; a scuffle.

[Middle English tussillen, frequentative of -tousen, to pull roughly.]

tussle [ˈtʌsəl]
vb
(intr) to fight or wrestle in a vigorous way; struggle
n
a vigorous fight; scuffle; struggle
[related to Old High German zūsen; see tousle]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tussletussle - disorderly fighting                  
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"
Verb1.tussletussle - fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to 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.tussletussle - make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair"
disarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

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
Translations
tussle [ˈtʌsl]
A. N (= struggle) → lucha f (for por) (= scuffle) → pelea f, agarrada f
to have a tussle withpelearse con
B. VIpelearse (with, about, over con por) they tussled with the policese pelearon con la policía
tussle [ˈtʌsəl]
n (= scuffle) → bagarre f
vi (= scuffle) → se battre
to tussle with sb → se battre avec qn
tussle
n (lit, fig)Gerangel nt
visich rangeln (with sb for sth mit jdm um etw)
tussle [ˈtʌsl]
1. nbaruffa, mischia
to have a tussle with → fare baruffa con
2. vi to tussle (with sb for sth)far baruffa (con qn per qc)

tussle [ˈtʌsl]
1. nbaruffa, 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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For three years he had cast all comers to the earth in wrestling until the famous Eric o' Lincoln broke a rib for him in a mighty tussle.
On the right hand, scrub firs, their spirits quite unbroken by long years of tussle with the gulf winds, grew thickly.
Now this song which he made (both words and music) in the hour of our victory, is something less than just to me, who stood beside him in the tussle.
 
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