Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tussle

/ˈtʌsəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: tus-sle
IPA: /ˈtʌsəl/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A physical fight or struggle.

noun

A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.

verb

To have a tussle.

Example Sentences

"And the visiting side appeared to settle quickly as Wayne Routledge, who had a tough tussle with Stevenage left-back Scott Laird, delivered an early cross that Barton drilled goalwards, forcing a decent save from Chris Day."
"..., two young men—field hands—got into a tussle with a white man."
"The two sets of fans were tussling before the game."
"Olsson and Herd tussled off the ball at a free-kick before Olsson fell to the ground. Assistant referee Darren Cann signalled for a penalty and Dowd sent Herd off to the amazement of the Villa faithful."

Etymology

Related to tousle.

Inflected Forms

tussles (plural) tussles (present, singular) tussling (participle, present) tussled (participle, past) tussled (past)

Derived Forms

tussler

Synonyms

hassle scuffle dogfight rough-and-tumble muss

Homonyms

tussal

Rhymes With

muscle russell hustle russel bustle mussel rustle trussell bussell fussell mussell justle

Questions

How do you pronounce tussle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʌsəl/.
What does tussle mean?: A physical fight or struggle.
Where does tussle come from?: Related to tousle.

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