All tussle synonyms
tusΒ·sle
T t verb tussle
- live with β to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- cope β If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully.
- mix it up β to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- jousting β a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- hold one's own β of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- come up against β If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- compete β If you compete in a contest or a game, you take part in it.
- bandied β to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- fight β a battle or combat.
- deal with β When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- dig up β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- go for broke β a simple past tense of break.
- flare up β to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- altercate β to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- go after β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- bandying β to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- brawl β A brawl is a rough or violent fight.
- make it β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- hacking β a rack for drying food, as fish.
- duelling β a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- make the grade β a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- wrestle β to engage in wrestling.
- dueling β Present participle of duel.
- meet β greatest lower bound
- fall in with β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- grapple β to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- chance on β to come upon by accident
- get a handle on β that which may be held, seized, grasped, or taken advantage of in effecting a purpose: The clue was a handle for solving the mystery.
noun tussle
- melee β a group of diamonds, each weighing less than 0.25 carat.
- affray β An affray is a noisy and violent fight, especially in a public place.
- in-convenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- wrangle β to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
- mixup β an act or instance of mixing.
- knock-down-drag-out β marked by unrelenting violence: a knock-down-drag-out fight.
- dogfight β a violent fight between dogs.
- hassle β a disorderly dispute.
- fistfight β a fight using bare fists.