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tussling

tussling is the present participle and gerund of tussle.

Meaning of tussle

Verb

tussle (third-person singular simple present tussles, present participle tussling, simple past and past participle tussled)

  1. To have a tussle.
    • The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.

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Noun

tussling (plural tusslings)

  1. The act of one who tussles; a struggle.
    • Yes; and they will have their difficulties, their extensive tusslings in Italian War and otherwise, to make an adjustment of it, and will give Belleisle (at least the Door-keeper will) an immensity of trouble in years coming.1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC

Forms of tussling

pluraltusslings

Questions about tussling

What does tussling mean?
Tussling means the act of one who tussles; a struggle.
What is tussling the present participle and gerund of?
Tussling is the present participle and gerund of tussle.
What part of speech is tussling?
Tussling is a noun.
What is the plural of tussling?
The plural of tussling is tusslings.

Words near tussling in the dictionary

  1. tussle
  2. tussled
  3. tussler
  4. tusslers
  5. tussles
  6. tussling
  7. tusslings
  8. tussock
  9. tussock grass
  10. tussock grasses
  11. tussock moth

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