noun
Meaning 1
A physical fight or struggle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tussle
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtʌsəl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ʌsəl
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homophone: tussal
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CMU ARPABET: T AH1 S AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To have a tussle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
disorderly fighting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hassle, scuffle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fight, fighting, combat, scrap
verb
Meaning 5
make messy or untidy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the child mussed up my hair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: muss
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disarrange
verb
Meaning 6
fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the drunken men started to scuffle
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scuffle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contend, fight, struggle
History
Etymology
Related to tousle.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бой (boj) — fight or struggle
- Bulgarian: борба (borba) — fight or struggle
- Czech: rvačka — fight or struggle
- Czech: zápas — fight or struggle
- French: querelle — fight or struggle
- German: Rauferei — fight or struggle
- German: Gerangel — fight or struggle
- Hungarian: tusakodás — fight or struggle
- Māori: nonoketanga — fight or struggle
- Russian: стычка (styčka) — fight or struggle
- Russian: схватка (sxvatka) — fight or struggle
- Serbo-Croatian: borba — fight or struggle
- Swedish: dust — fight or struggle
- Bulgarian: спор (spor) — a conflict, an argument, a disagreement
- Bulgarian: конфликт (konflikt) — a conflict, an argument, a disagreement
- French: querelle — a conflict, an argument, a disagreement
- Russian: перебранка (perebranka) — a conflict, an argument, a disagreement
- Bulgarian: бия се (bija se) — to have a tussle
- Bulgarian: боря се (borja se) — to have a tussle
- French: se quereller — to have a tussle
- German: kämpfen — to have a tussle
- German: raufen — to have a tussle
- Hungarian: tusakodik — to have a tussle
- Māori: whātōtō — to have a tussle
- Māori: nonoke — to have a tussle
- Russian: боро́ться (borótʹsja) — to have a tussle
- Russian: би́ться (bítʹsja) — to have a tussle
- Russian: дра́ться (drátʹsja) — to have a tussle
- Serbo-Croatian: boriti se — to have a tussle