Meaning

1 senses

  1. To have a tussle.

    The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.

    kämpfen, raufen

    боро́тьсяborótʹsja, би́тьсяbítʹsja, дра́тьсяdrátʹsja

More definitions
  • make messy or untidy
  • fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Robin nerved himself for yet another tussle.

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  2. The cats got into a tussle while waiting for their food.

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  3. Tom and John got into a little tussle this morning.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to have a tussle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to have a tussle:

Origin

Related to tousle.

Related to tousle.

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Forms

tussles, tussling, tussled, tussled
Base formtussle · to tussle
3rd person singulartussles
Present participletussling
Past simpletussled
Past participletussled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytussle
he, she, ittussles

Past simpleLesson

all personstussled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tussled
he, she, ithas tussled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tussle

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make messy or untidy:muss
  • fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters:scuffle

Word family

1 related words
Derivedtussler

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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