Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To struggle roughly; scuffle.
- noun A rough or vigorous struggle; a scuffle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A struggle; a conflict; a scuffle.
- To struggle; wrestle confusedly; scuffle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. A struggle; a scuffle.
- verb colloq. To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
physical fight orstruggle . - verb To have a tussle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
- noun disorderly fighting
- verb make messy or untidy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Some have voiced the opinion that the Europa League - with its Thursday night schedule and knock-on effect of increased Sunday games - may prove a burden to Celtic in their title tussle with Rangers, who have no such distraction.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Milan: Inter Milan landed a massive blow in the Serie A title tussle on Sunday, going nine points clear when they beat AC Milan 2-0 in a high voltage derby which they finished with nine men.
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Okay, so it's not going to be Kobe versus LeBron from the tip-off on Thursday after the Orlando Magic spoiled the highly-anticipated showdown by upsetting the Cleveland Cavaliers to advance to a title tussle with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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It is a big week for Liverpool, who have a title tussle with co-leaders Chelsea on Sunday.
TODAYonline 2008
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But when the tussle is successful, a male will mount, often riding his mate for up to an hour.
Archive 2009-02-01 Tyler 2009
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But when the tussle is successful, a male will mount, often riding his mate for up to an hour.
And you thought the bar scene was tough Tyler 2009
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The tussle is about two cliques fighting over power and not secularism.
Turkey Fights For A Secular Islam « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Button foresees seven-way title tussle in 2010 photo: Creative Commons/Mark McArdle
WN.com - Articles related to Fernando Alonso accuses Formula One rivals of 'hot-headed comments' 2010
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Hyderabad: The Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh knows the word tussle well.
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World Cup lifting gloom to raise hope for a united South Africa sport to bring people together may have found its apogee in South World Cup final, when Nelson Mandela donned a green Springbok shirt and League title tussle, a different battle emerges on Sunday when Arsenal visit a
WN.com - Articles related to The 'drive' behind Asian football 2010
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