Definitions for tussle

tussle tus·sle

Spelling: [tuhs-uh l]
IPA: /ˈtʌs əl/

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

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in tussle (elsstu).

Definitions for tussle

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 tussle

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

Examples for tussle

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for tussle
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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