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tussle

/ tussle /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
make messy or untidy
"the child mussed up my hair"
Type of:
disarrange
Derived:
mess messiness muss mussiness
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
"the drunken men started to scuffle"
Type of:
fight struggle
Derived:
hassle scuffle dogfingt rough-and-tumble scramble
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 3
disorderly fighting
Type of:
fight fighting combat
Derived:
scuffle
Semantic Complexity
42%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
16
Times Searched
3
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disarrange fight struggle fighting combat