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Meanings of tussle in English

Portuguese
batalha
Catalan
altercació
Spanish
refriega

Disorderly fighting.

        batalha
        Spanish
        liar

        Make messy or untidy.

              liar
              Usage of tussle in English
              1
              But the tussle for the sixth seat made the result highly unpredictable.
              The Guardian
              2
              Of course, that means the parting tussle between Quince and the wrangler.
              Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings
              3
              And at length the Merrimac gave up the tussle, and sailed away.
              This Country of Ours
              4
              Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin, shown here, steps into legal tussle over executions.
              The Guardian
              5
              Rosalind grimaced down at her skirt, ripped during a tussle for freedom.
              The spurned viscountess
              6
              Their biggest tussle came against the least experienced opponents, Armagh, in 2006.
              The Irish Times
              7
              Kit set down the lantern, and fell upon him for a tussle.
              Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
              8
              It was a frantic minute that neatly summed up this breathtaking tussle.
              The Guardian
              9
              Ann watched the ensuing tussle between man and beast with unequivocal admiration.
              The Vision of Desire
              10
              Cranly took him at the word and the two began to tussle.
              A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
              11
              YOU wouldn't want to get in to a taxonomic tussle with Calexico.
              The Irish Times
              12
              It was a hugely entertaining tussle, putting the mistakes to one side.
              The Irish Times
              13
              He said you guys had a tussle with him in the backyard.
              The smoke room: a novel of suspense
              14
              Evidently he decided he cared nothing for a tussle with this opponent.
              The Boy Allies under Two Flags
              15
              If a tussle would soothe you, my fey seem amenable to it.
              Darkest Mercy
              16
              The rest of the agents noticed the tussle and pulled their guns.
              The black minutes
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              Translations for tussle
              Tussle through the time
              Tussle across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common
              United States of America
              Less common