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TUSSLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disorderly fighting

Synonyms:

dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble; scuffle; tussle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tussle" is a kind of...):

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

Derivation:

tussle (fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make messy or untidy

Example:

the child mussed up my hair

Synonyms:

muss; tussle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "tussle" is one way to...):

disarrange (destroy the arrangement or order of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters

Example:

the drunken men started to scuffle

Synonyms:

scuffle; tussle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "tussle" is one way to...):

contend; fight; struggle (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

tussle (disorderly fighting)

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