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 — 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
