tussle
A rough struggle or fight, usually not serious.
tussle in a sentence
- The puppies had a friendly tussle over the squeaky toy.
- A friendly tussle broke out between the brothers over the very last roast potato.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to tussle?
- Atruce
- Bpeace
- Cscuffle
- Dagreement
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C: scuffle. The other three mean the opposite of tussle.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to tussle?
- Astruggle
- Bscuffle
- Ctruce
- Dscrap
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C: truce. The other three mean nearly the same as tussle.
Words that mean something similar
scuffle, struggle, scrap
Words that mean the opposite
truce, peace, agreement
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