Associations to the word «Tussle»

Wiktionary

TUSSLE, noun. A physical fight or struggle.
TUSSLE, verb. To have a tussle.

Dictionary definition

TUSSLE, noun. Disorderly fighting.
TUSSLE, verb. Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle".
TUSSLE, verb. Make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats