Tussle
['tʌs(ə)l] or ['tʌsl]
Definition
(v. i. & t.) To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with.
(n.) A struggle; a scuffle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Colloquial.] Scuffle, struggle, conflict.
v. n. [Colloquial.] Scuttle, struggle, contend.
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Definition
n. a struggle.—v.i. to struggle.
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Examples
- Don't undervalue your fighting powers, Maurice, said the Demarch, who overheard this remark; your tussle with Alcibiades was no light one. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I hardly know which is myself and which the butcher, we are always in such a tangle and tussle, knocking about upon the trodden grass. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The scream of the rabbit, after the violent tussle, seemed to have torn the veil of her consciousness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He felt that the tussle was coming. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And you know, sir, that we shan't be home again before a tussle which may be fatal to many of us. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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