tussle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun disorderly fighting
    dogfight; hassle; scuffle; rough-and-tumble.
  2. verb fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
    scuffle.
    • the drunken men started to scuffle
  3. verb make messy or untidy
    muss.
    • the child mussed up my hair

WordNet

Tus"sle intransitive verb & transitive verb
Etymology
See Tousle.
Definitions
  1. To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with. Colloq.
Tus"sle noun
Definitions
  1. A struggle; a scuffle. Colloq.

Webster 1913