Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive & transitive verb To engage in wrestling or wrestle with.
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- verb
Eye dialect spelling ofwrestle .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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RASL pronounced "rassle" is a sci-fi epic about a dimension hopping art thief.
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As in, "Ah lahk ta 'rassle' with ma dogs while Ahm warshin 'm'clothes."
bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2005
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So, at last, Lincoln consented to "rassle" with Jack Armstrong.
Heroes Every Child Should Know Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880
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"Yeah, most people who say 'rassle' ARE all for shootin 'shit up, aren't they?"
bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2005
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I've started getting up at 6:00 a.m. so I have an hour to myself before I have to rassle everyone out of bed.
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- Are You Always Late? 7 Tips To Arrive On Time. Gretchen Rubin 2011
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I've started getting up at 6:00 a.m. so I have an hour to myself before I have to rassle everyone out of bed.
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- Are You Always Late? 7 Tips To Arrive On Time. Gretchen Rubin 2011
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A leopard decides to run into the water, pull a crocodile out, rassle with it and finally suffocate it and drag it away for dinner.
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I've started getting up at 6: 00 a.m. so I have an hour to myself before I have to rassle everyone out of bed.
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- 7 Tips If You're Chronically Late 2009
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Or did some Bryant Park squirrels get in there for a rassle backstage?
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He will play Seth Norris's twin brother, Chuck, who will come to the island to personally rassle the smoke monster and kill Evil Locke. leo1973
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