tussle

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tussle

  • /ˈtʌsəl/

Sounds like tussal · Rhymes with -ʌsəl

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Related to tousle.

noun tussles

  1. A physical fight or struggle. And the visiting side appeared to settle quickly as Wayne Routledge, who had a tough tussle with Stevenage left-back Scott Laird, delivered an early cross that Barton drilled goalwards, forcing a decent save from Chris Day.
  2. A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.

verb tussles · tussling · tussled

  1. To have a tussle. The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.

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noun fight or struggle

Françaisquerelle
DeutschRauferei, Gerangel
Русскийстычка styčka, схватка sxvatka

noun a conflict, an argument, a disagreement

Françaisquerelle
Русскийперебранка perebranka

verb to have a tussle

Françaisse quereller
Deutschkämpfen, raufen
Русскийборо́ться borótʹsja, би́ться bítʹsja, дра́ться drátʹsja

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@misc{tussle_2026,
  title = {tussle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tussle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}