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How to pronounce tussle in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle
Type of fight, combat, fighting, scrap
Type Words
Synonyms scuffle
Type of struggle, contend, fight
Type Words
Synonyms muss
Type of disarrange

Examples of tussle

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Williams, then at Kansas, won that tussle over Romar, then an assistant at UCLA.
From the timesunion.com
Steve Nash, lower left, and Rafer Alston, right, were suspended for this tussle.
From the washingtonpost.com
The tussle over Tamar is just a prelude to planning the other undeveloped sites.
From the time.com
Sometimes that's a mid-air armed tussle, other times it's gentle and harmonious.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
On the other hand, Japan hasn't recalled its ambassador to China in that tussle.
From the online.wsj.com
Ostensibly the tussle is between the right-leaning NPP and the left-leaning NDC.
From the guardian.co.uk
A tussle with John Edwards would be the perfect antidote for Kerry's weaknesses.
From the time.com
They've taken the tussle to the London courts, but we say settle it in the ring.
From the time.com
Wednesday night's tussle between two of the country's best squads surely counted.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • Hassle: disorderly fighting
  • Scuffle: fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle"
  • Muss: make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair"
  • Tussle is a four-piece band from San Francisco, started in 2001. The band released its debut album Kling Klang in 2004 on Troubleman Unlimited records.
  • A physical fight or struggle; To have a tussle
  • Two opposing players staying in contact with each other, usually hand and arm checking.