tussle
noun/ˈtʌsl/
/ˈtʌsl/
- tussle (for/over something) a short struggle, fight or argument especially in order to get something
- 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.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2- Five teams are involved in the tussle for promotion.
- There is a tussle for power before the Congress convenes.
- a tussle between the country's parliament and government
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- little
- legal
- …
- have
- be engaged in
- be involved in
- …
- in a/the tussle
- tussle between
- tussle for
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb, originally Scots and northern English): perhaps a diminutive of dialect touse ‘handle roughly’ of Germanic origin and related to German zausen.Definitions on the go
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