to rassle

Examples

• All

• "Quit rassling and go to sleep, you little shits, I'm tired."

  Blog text (33)

• The kids decided to rassle in the backyard after school.

• Oh, you wanna "rassle" me?

  Man on the Moon (1999)

• You wanna "rassle" me Memphis style?

  Man on the Moon (1999)

• - You still rassling, son?

  Vacation (2015)

• -Wow, I never rassled a team before.

  The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)

• Oh, so I just rassled you to the ground and stopped you from learning?

  Tin Toy (1988)

• Every Saturday, we would rassle for fun at the park.

• He challenged his friends to rassle during their camping trip.

Synonyms

W

to wrestle

vsto rassle

123 1.8

To struggle physically by holding and trying to push someone or something down

is used for informal, playful grappling rather than serious combat

G

to grapple

vsto rassle

10 5.1

To grab and hold someone or something during a struggle

is less about firm force and more about playful, informal handling

W

to wraxle

vsto rassle

• UK

9.9

To playfully wrestle with someone while laughing

is more informal and playful than a serious struggle

M

to mudwrestle

vsto rassle

8.0

To fight each other in mud for people to watch

is general playful physical roughhousing, not limited to muddy spectacle

Antonyms

A

to avoid

∞ 1.0

To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening

R

to refrain

87 4.2

Choose not to do something you want to do

How Rough

to fight

∞ 1.0

to brawl

9 4.4

to scuffle

4 5.1

to tussle

7 5.3

to rassle

• Informal

1 9.2

pillow fight

10 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology