Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tussle
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Tussle
tussle
I. noun Date: 1629 1. a physical contest or struggle ; scuffle 2. an intense argument, controversy, or struggle II. intransitive verb (~d; tussling) Etymology: Middle English (Scots) tussillen, frequentative of Middle English -tusen, -tousen to tousle — more at touse Date: 1638 to struggle roughly ; scuffle
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1.
n. & v. --n. a struggle or scuffle. --v.intr. engage in a tussle. Etymology: orig. Sc. & N.Engl., perh. dimin. of touse: see TOUSLE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. борьба; драка a constant tussle with insomnia —- постоянная борьба с бессонницей 2. спор; схватка verbal tussle —- перебранка 3. бороться; драться to tussle with smb. —- бороться с кем-либо ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
with бороться; to tussle with evil and conquer бороться со злом и победить TUSSLE 1. noun борьба; драка 2. v. бороться; драться - tussle with ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(tussles, tussling, tussled) 1. If one person tussles with another, or if they tussle, they get hold of each other and struggle or fight. They ended up ripping down perimeter fencing and tussling with the security staff... He grabbed my microphone and we tussled over that... James and Elliott tussled. V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V over n, pl-n V • Tussle is also a noun. The referee booked him for a tussle with the goalie. N-COUNT 2. If one person tussles with another for something, or if they tussle for it, they try to beat each other in order to get it. (JOURNALISM) Pezzo tussled for fourth place with Orvosova... Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda. V-RECIP: V for n with n, pl-n V for/over n • Tussle is also a noun. ...a legal tussle over who gets custody of the children. N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. If someone tussles with a difficult problem or issue, they try hard to solve it. (JOURNALISM) He is tussling with the problem of what to do about inflation. = wrestle VERB: V with n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n informal a struggle or fight using a lot of energy, especially one in which you pull or push someone rather than hit them (After quite a tussle I finally wrenched the letter from him.) ~2 v I + with ~ informal to fight or struggle without using any weapons, by pulling or pushing someone rather than hitting them (tussling with the other boys in the queue) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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