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tussle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtʌsəl/

Etymology

Related to tousle.

Meanings

  1. A physical fight or struggle.
    • ..., two young men—field hands—got into a tussle with a white man. 1994, Walter Dean Myers, The Glory Field, →ISBN, page 32:
    • And the visiting side appeared to settle quickly as Wayne Routledge, who had a tough tussle with Stevenage left-back Scott Laird, delivered an early cross that Barton drilled goalwards, forcing a decent save from Chris Day. 2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:
  2. A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tussles Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (21)

sv dust (fight or struggle) · hu küzdelem (fight or struggle) · hu viaskodás (fight or struggle) · de Rauferei (fight or struggle) · sh borba (fight or struggle) · bg спор (a conflict, an argument, a disagreement) · bg бой (fight or struggle) · fr querelle (a conflict, an argument, a disagreement) · ru стычка (fight or struggle) · hu viadal (fight or struggle) · fr querelle (fight or struggle) · bg конфликт (a conflict, an argument, a disagreement) · ru перебранка (a conflict, an argument, a disagreement) · bg борба (fight or struggle) · hu tusakodás (fight or struggle) · hu tusa (fight or struggle) · mi nonoketanga (fight or struggle) · ru схватка (fight or struggle) · de Gerangel (fight or struggle) · cs rvačka (fight or struggle) · cs zápas (fight or struggle)

tussle en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtʌsəl/

Etymology

Related to tousle.

Meanings

  1. To have a tussle.
    • The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.
    • Olsson and Herd tussled off the ball at a free-kick before Olsson fell to the ground. Assistant referee Darren Cann signalled for a penalty and Dowd sent Herd off to the amazement of the Villa faithful. 2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tussles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tussled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tussled Tense=Past lexicographic
tussling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

tussler

Translations (14)

de raufen (to have a tussle) · mi whātōtō (to have a tussle) · bg боря се (to have a tussle) · de kämpfen (to have a tussle) · ru дра́ться (to have a tussle) · hu küzd (to have a tussle) · mi nonoke (to have a tussle) · ru би́ться (to have a tussle) · bg бия се (to have a tussle) · fr se quereller (to have a tussle) · ru боро́ться (to have a tussle) · sh boriti se (to have a tussle) · hu viaskodik (to have a tussle) · hu tusakodik (to have a tussle)