Tussle
noun
A rough fight or struggle.
There was a tussle between two players on the field.
Often appears as...
- have a tussle
- get into a tussle
verb
Engage in a rough fight or struggle.
The two dogs tussled for the bone.
Often appears as...
- tussle over
- tussle with
noun
A rough fight or struggle.
There was a tussle between two players on the field.
Often appears as...
- have a tussle
- get into a tussle
verb
Engage in a rough fight or struggle.
The two dogs tussled for the bone.
Often appears as...
- tussle over
- tussle with
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Confrontation
Often implies a shoving or wrestling match without serious harm.
The siblings had a tussle over the remote.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Context
Mainly used in casual or informal situations, not in formal texts.
During the match, a small tussle broke out, but it was quickly resolved.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Full Fight
A tussle is less intense than a full-blown fight and often brief.
There was a brief tussle in the playground, but no one got hurt.
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brawlclashcombatcontendfightscufflestrugglewrestle
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Ismael Nazario: What I...
I didn't even respond. I just punched him right in his face, and we began fighting right then and there. Towards the end of the fight, he slammed me up against the wall, so while we were tussled up, he said to me, "You good?" as if he got the best of me,
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Shrew vs. Snake PIPE...
this is one of the great hunters in a backyard garden it tastes the air with its tongue and picks up a whiff of the musky shrew the garter snake has steel trap jaws he's ready to tussle but the snake is the one without venom the short-tailed
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Why do women have...
more than their fair share of resources from the mother. This evolutionary conflict of interests places a woman and her unborn child in a biological tug-of-war that plays out inside the womb. One factor contributing to this internal tussle
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Animals Attack: Shrew...
this is one of the great hunters in a backyard garden it tastes the air with its tongue and picks up a whip of the musky Schrute the garter snake has steel trap jaws he's ready to tussle but the snake is the one without venom the
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A flavorful field guide...
Like, not necessarily done to decrease animal suffering per se, but maybe to help one's health. But that is not the argument we came to have today. No siree, Bob. I see some sweet-spot minds looking to tussle.
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Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
behavior called jaw clapping this is a clear visual and audible threat after the threat comes the tussle including a pretty nasty tail bite yep conflict and violence everyday life from bottlenose
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Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
behavior called jaw clapping this is a clear visual and audible threat after the threat it comes the tussle including a pretty nasty tail bite yep conflict and violence everyday life from
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Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
so you can see now you can see that it's lions are just very very much relaxed as I have indicators see they the female is starting to wave the tail they can see the tussle of the tail
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Who's Your Daddy? PIPE...
the beetle attacks and grabs the lake the tussle turns into a tug of war neither giving an inch and then the daddy longlegs reveals a nifty life-saving mechanism a quick-release
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Fear of the Leopard PIPE...
is probably how it's been with leopards across most of India a constant tussle over livestock but few attacks on people
Video examples
Ismael Nazario: What I...
I didn't even respond. I just punched him right in his face, and we began fighting right then and there. Towards the end of the fight, he slammed me up against the wall, so while we were tussled up, he said to me, "You good?" as if he got the best of me,
Video examples
Shrew vs. Snake PIPE...
this is one of the great hunters in a backyard garden it tastes the air with its tongue and picks up a whiff of the musky shrew the garter snake has steel trap jaws he's ready to tussle but the snake is the one without venom the short-tailed
Video examples
Why do women have...
more than their fair share of resources from the mother. This evolutionary conflict of interests places a woman and her unborn child in a biological tug-of-war that plays out inside the womb. One factor contributing to this internal tussle
Video examples
Animals Attack: Shrew...
this is one of the great hunters in a backyard garden it tastes the air with its tongue and picks up a whip of the musky Schrute the garter snake has steel trap jaws he's ready to tussle but the snake is the one without venom the
Video examples
A flavorful field guide...
Like, not necessarily done to decrease animal suffering per se, but maybe to help one's health. But that is not the argument we came to have today. No siree, Bob. I see some sweet-spot minds looking to tussle.
Video examples
Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
behavior called jaw clapping this is a clear visual and audible threat after the threat comes the tussle including a pretty nasty tail bite yep conflict and violence everyday life from bottlenose
Video examples
Bottlenose Dolphin Gang...
behavior called jaw clapping this is a clear visual and audible threat after the threat it comes the tussle including a pretty nasty tail bite yep conflict and violence everyday life from
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
so you can see now you can see that it's lions are just very very much relaxed as I have indicators see they the female is starting to wave the tail they can see the tussle of the tail
Video examples
Who's Your Daddy? PIPE...
the beetle attacks and grabs the lake the tussle turns into a tug of war neither giving an inch and then the daddy longlegs reveals a nifty life-saving mechanism a quick-release
Video examples
Fear of the Leopard PIPE...
is probably how it's been with leopards across most of India a constant tussle over livestock but few attacks on people
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Tom Hiddleston
English Actor
My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, 'You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You've been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?
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Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
During the protracted tooth-and-nail tussle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primaries, I was one of those fierce partisans desperate for the first black candidate with a serious shot at the White House to win the nomination.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I'll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick.
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Marton Csokas
New Zealander Actor
I would take lots of falls and you know, get shot three or four times and this sort of thing, so all that sort of stuff. And there are tussles with various characters. I like that kind of thing.
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Tibor Fischer
British Novelist
Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesn't come any more marked than here.
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Holly Hunter
American Actress
What is God, and how do you believe in him - how do you not believe? It's a question the world continues to tussle with. People's beliefs get them in a lot of conflicts.
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Sushant Singh Rajput
Indian Actor
I crave for adventure. It makes me feel alive and excited. It's a constant tussle between what you want to do and other parameters that aren't in your hands.
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Channing Tatum
American Actor
I've always negotiated the world very physically, from football to tussling at the playground to taking my clothes off.
Quote examples
Tom Hiddleston
English Actor
My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, 'You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You've been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?
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Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
During the protracted tooth-and-nail tussle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primaries, I was one of those fierce partisans desperate for the first black candidate with a serious shot at the White House to win the nomination.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I'll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick.
Quote examples
Marton Csokas
New Zealander Actor
I would take lots of falls and you know, get shot three or four times and this sort of thing, so all that sort of stuff. And there are tussles with various characters. I like that kind of thing.
Quote examples
Tibor Fischer
British Novelist
Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesn't come any more marked than here.
Quote examples
Holly Hunter
American Actress
What is God, and how do you believe in him - how do you not believe? It's a question the world continues to tussle with. People's beliefs get them in a lot of conflicts.
Quote examples
Sushant Singh Rajput
Indian Actor
I crave for adventure. It makes me feel alive and excited. It's a constant tussle between what you want to do and other parameters that aren't in your hands.
Quote examples
Channing Tatum
American Actor
I've always negotiated the world very physically, from football to tussling at the playground to taking my clothes off.
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