noun, verb
noun ~ (for / over sth) a short struggle, fight or argument especially in order to get sth:
He was injured during a tussle for the ball. * There was a legal tussle over the closure of the hospital. * She had a brief tussle with her conscience before telling the whole story.
verb [V] to fight or compete with sb/sth, especially in order to get sth:
The children were tussling with one another for the ball.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for tussle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does tussle appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — tussle appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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