tussle
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈtʌsəl/
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forcejeo
- The children got into a tussle over the last cookie.
Yeah, like loads of little scraps, little tussles, arguments.
- Yeah, like loads of little scraps, little tussles, arguments.
- Or is this part of the, the tussle between tradition and modernity?
- And you've got this tussle between what men and women prefer.
- But it was always that kind of last minute tussle to, to get it done.
- All he friended was as just some little, you know, tussle in the parking lot.
- We'd have tussles and that, but I'd never win them.
- And that was the the tussle over the Volcker, the Volcker rule as part of the Dodd Frank law.
- And so there was some tussle in regulating his behavior.
- I just leave her in the loud and I was because she of course would want you to get in there with a whole tussle and and oh sure, she was real to me.
Examples
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But you might not get it back without a tussle.
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Why is it that I always find you in the middle of a tussle?
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Got into a bit of a tussle with one of the other patients.
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But I got in a tussle with a guard and...
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And eventually, after a good deal of tussle and worry, it was so agreed.
Academic text (2004) -
You two are gonna have a proper tussle tonight... and the winner...
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We're gonna have ourselves a tussle.
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They had a tussle of their own last summer.
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The conditions are good, so we should have quite a tussle in this race for beginners.
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Yes, and your courtroom tussles with counselor Audrey Woods are becoming quite the talk of the town in legal circles.
Synonyms
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6.5
A noisy fight involving several people
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3.7
A short, rough fight between people, not usually serious
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6.4
A brief unplanned fight between small groups, often during a larger conflict
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7.2
A short angry argument between people that is not very serious
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9.6
A rough playful fight like light wrestling
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8.6
A noisy argument between people, often in public
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9.9
A noisy argument or fight that makes a place loud and confused
A noisy, rough fight with little care for rules
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tussle as a noun comes from the same old local idea of pulling and rough handling, so picture a short scuffle where people are 'tugging' at each other. So a tussle is a brief, energetic fight or struggle.