tussle

tussle
Synonyms and related words:
action, aerial combat, affray, agonize, altercation, argument, armored combat, battle, battle royal, bicker, blood feud, box, brawl, broil, brush, buffet, bullfight, clash, clash of arms, close, cockfight, collide, combat, come to blows, conflict, contend, contention, contest, controversy, cut and thrust, dispute, dogfight, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, duel, embroilment, exchange blows, exchange of blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, fire fight, fliting, fracas, fray, fuss, give and take, give satisfaction, grapple, grapple with, ground combat, grunt and sweat, hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight, hassle, house-to-house combat, huff and puff, imbroglio, jostle, joust, logomachy, mix it up, naval combat, open quarrel, passage of arms, pitched battle, polemic, quarrel, rassle, riot, rumble, run a tilt, running fight, scramble, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, sharp words, shoving match, skirmish, slanging match, snarl, spar, spat, squabble, stand-up fight, street fight, strife, strive, struggle, tauromachy, thrust and parry, tiff, tilt, tourney, tug-of-war, vendetta, wage war, war, words, wrangle, wrestle

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  • tussle — Ⅰ. tussle UK US /ˈtʌsl/ noun [C] ► a difficult disagreement about a particular situation: a tussle over sth »The two channels were engaged in a tussle over broadcast rights for live premiership matches. »a boardroom/legal/political tussle Ⅱ.… …   Financial and business terms

  • Tussle — is a four piece band from San Francisco, started in 2001. The band released its debut album Kling Klang in 2004 on Troubleman Unlimited records.Discography* Eye Contact 12 (2003, Troubleman Unlimited) * Kling Klang (2004, Troubleman Unlimited) *… …   Wikipedia

  • Tussle — Жанры электронная музыка, экспериментальный рок, пост панк Годы 2001 настоящее время …   Википедия

  • tussle — [n] struggle battle, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, donnybrook, encounter, fight, fray, free for all*, grind, hassle, jam, roughhouse, row, rumble*, scramble, scrap*, scuffle, skirmish, strife, undertaking; concepts 87,106,674… …   New thesaurus

  • tussle — ► NOUN ▪ a vigorous struggle or scuffle. ► VERB ▪ engage in a tussle. ORIGIN perhaps from dialect touse «handle roughly», the root also of TOUSLE(Cf. ↑tousle) …   English terms dictionary

  • Tussle — Tus sle, v. i. & t. [See {Tousle}.] To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tussle — Tus sle, n. A struggle; a scuffle. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tussle — index affray, belligerency, commotion, fight (battle), fight (battle), fracas, grapple …   Law dictionary

  • tussle — (v.) late 15c., Scottish and northern English variant of touselen (see TOUSLE (Cf. tousle)). Related: Tussled; tussling. The noun is first recorded 1620s but rare before 19c …   Etymology dictionary

  • tussle — vb *wrestle, grapple, scuffle Analogous words: *contend, fight: *resist, combat, withstand, oppose: compete, vie, *rival …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • tussle — [tus′əl] vi. tussled, tussling [LME tussillen, freq. of tusen (in comp.), to pull: see TOUSLE] to fight, struggle, contend, etc. vigorously or vehemently; wrestle; scuffle n. a vigorous or vehement struggle or contest; scuffle …   English World dictionary

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