"to struggle, scuffle, wrestle confusedly," late 15c. (transitive); 1630s (intransitive), Scottish and northern English variant of touselen (see tousle). Related: Tussled; tussling.
tussle (n.)
"a struggle, conflict, scuffle," 1620s (but rare before 19c.), from tussle (v.).
例文
1. The referee booked him for a tussle with the goalie.
彼はゴールキーパーと引っ張られ、審判に記名警告された。
2.He was injured during a tussle for the ball.
彼はボールを争っている間に怪我をした。/
3.They began to tussle with each other for the handgun.
彼らは互いに取っ組み合い、そのピストルを奪った。
4.We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.