tussle

tus·sle

T0428900 (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.]

tussle

(ˈtʌsəl) vb (intr) to fight or wrestle in a vigorous way; strugglena vigorous fight; scuffle; struggle[C15: related to Old High German zūsen; see tousle]

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]

tussle

Past participle: tussled
Gerund: tussling

Imperative
tussle
tussle

Present
I tussle
you tussle
he/she/it tussles
we tussle
you tussle
they tussle

Preterite
I tussled
you tussled
he/she/it tussled
we tussled
you tussled
they tussled

Present Continuous
I am tussling
you are tussling
he/she/it is tussling
we are tussling
you are tussling
they are tussling

Present Perfect
I have tussled
you have tussled
he/she/it has tussled
we have tussled
you have tussled
they have tussled

Past Continuous
I was tussling
you were tussling
he/she/it was tussling
we were tussling
you were tussling
they were tussling

Past Perfect
I had tussled
you had tussled
he/she/it had tussled
we had tussled
you had tussled
they had tussled

Future
I will tussle
you will tussle
he/she/it will tussle
we will tussle
you will tussle
they will tussle

Future Perfect
I will have tussled
you will have tussled
he/she/it will have tussled
we will have tussled
you will have tussled
they will have tussled

Future Continuous
I will be tussling
you will be tussling
he/she/it will be tussling
we will be tussling
you will be tussling
they will be tussling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tussling
you have been tussling
he/she/it has been tussling
we have been tussling
you have been tussling
they have been tussling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tussling
you will have been tussling
he/she/it will have been tussling
we will have been tussling
you will have been tussling
they will have been tussling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tussling
you had been tussling
he/she/it had been tussling
we had been tussling
you had been tussling
they had been tussling

Conditional
I would tussle
you would tussle
he/she/it would tussle
we would tussle
you would tussle
they would tussle

Past Conditional
I would have tussled
you would have tussled
he/she/it would have tussled
we would have tussled
you would have tussled
they would have tussled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tussle - disorderly fighting rough-and-tumble, scuffle, dogfight, hasslefighting, 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"scufflefight, 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"mussdisarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

tussle

verb1. 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.noun1. 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

tussle

verbTo contend with an opponent at close quarters, as by attempting to throw him or her:grapple, scuffle, wrestle.Idiom: go to the mat with.nounA physical conflict involving two or more:fight, fistfight, fisticuffs, scrap, scuffle.Slang: rumble.

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