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plural tussles
A physical fight or struggle. quotations examples
And the visiting side appeared to settle quickly as Wayne Routledge, who had a tough tussle with Stevenage left-back Scott Laird, delivered an early cross that Barton drilled goalwards, forcing a decent save from Chris Day.
2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC
..., two young men—field hands—got into a tussle with a white man.
1994, Walter Dean Myers, The Glory Field, page 32
A conflict, an argument, a disagreement. examples
third-person singular simple present tussles, present participle tussling, simple past and past participle tussled
To have a tussle. quotations examples
Olsson and Herd tussled off the ball at a free-kick before Olsson fell to the ground. Assistant referee Darren Cann signalled for a penalty and Dowd sent Herd off to the amazement of the Villa faithful.
2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport