tussle

English

Etymology

Related to tousle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌsəl/

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• Rhymes: -ʌsəl
• Homophone: tussal

Noun

tussle (plural tussles)

1. A physical fight or struggle.
   • 2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 1994, Walter Dean Myers, The Glory Field‎^[2], →ISBN, page 32:

     ..., two young men—field hands—got into a tussle with a white man.

2. A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.

Translations

fight or struggle

• Bulgarian: бой (bg) m (boj), борба (bg) f (borba)
• French: querelle (fr) f
• Maori: nonoketanga
• Russian: стычка (ru) f (styčka), схватка (ru) f (sxvatka)
• Serbo-Croatian: borba (sh) f
• Swedish: dust (sv)

a conflict, an argument, a disagreement

• Bulgarian: спор (bg) m (spor), конфликт (bg) m (konflikt)
• French: querelle (fr) f
• Russian: перебранка (ru) f (perebranka)

Verb

tussle (third-person singular simple present tussles, present participle tussling, simple past and past participle tussled)

1. To have a tussle.

   The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.

   • 2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎^[3]:

     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.

Translations

to have a tussle

• Bulgarian: бия се (bija se), боря се (borja se)
• French: se quereller (fr)
• German: kämpfen (de), raufen (de)
• Maori: whātōtō, nonoke
• Russian: боро́ться (ru) impf (borótʹsja), би́ться (ru) impf (bítʹsja), дра́ться (ru) impf (drátʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian: boriti se (sh)

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