Definitions for tussles

tussles tus·sle

Spelling: [tuhs-uh l]
IPA: /ˈtʌs əl/

Tussles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in tussles (elssstu).

Definitions for tussles

noun

  1. a rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle.
  2. any vigorous or determined struggle, conflict, etc.:

verb (used without object)

  1. to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle.

Origin of tussles

1425-75; late Middle English (north and Scots) tusillen, derivative (see -le) of tusen to touse

Examples for tussles

In the film, we watch as Gollum gets in a tussle with his next meal, an unsuspecting goblin.

I came upon it from a tussle with the sea—and I was young—and I saw it looking at me.

Without his high-school wrestling experience, she might have won the tussle.

But first, there's a tussle with the senior senator from Arizona to take care of.

Just a bit of a tussle now and then to keep you from dropping off.

Then, perhaps, there might be a tussle between them as to which should have his own way,—or hers.

Lydia didn't want him to tussle, but she did want him at the top.

Jim-the-ladder has been a prize-fighter in his day, and there was a tussle.

They would rustle and tussle it for like three minutes and that was it!

Both Parks and Brechneff tussle with the idea of being almost insiders.

Word Value for tussles
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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