TUSSLE

hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble

(noun) disorderly fighting

muss, tussle

(verb) make messy or untidy; “the child mussed up my hair”

scuffle, tussle

(verb) fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; “the drunken men started to scuffle”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

tussle (plural tussles)

A physical fight or struggle.

A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.

Verb

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

To have a tussle.

Anagrams

• sutles

Source: Wiktionary

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Tus"sle, v. i. & t. Etym: [See Tousle.]

Definition: To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with. [Colloq.]

Tus"sle, n.

Definition: A struggle; a scuffle. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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