tussle /ˈtʌsəl/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A physical fight or struggle...., two young men—field hands—got into a tussle with a white man. — 1994 •A conflict, an argument, a disagreement. verb1 •To have a tussle.The two sets of fans were tussling before the game. formstussled · tussling · tussles