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tuzzle

tuzzle is the obsolete form of tussle.

Meaning of tussle

Noun

tussle (plural tussles)

  1. A physical fight or struggle.
    • And the visiting side appeared to settle quickly as Wayne Routledge, who had a tough tussle with Stevenage left-back Scott Laird, delivered an early cross that Barton drilled goalwards, forcing a decent save from Chris Day.2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC
  2. A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.

See all 3 meanings of tussle

Forms of tuzzle

Noun
pluraltuzzles
Verb
third-person singular presenttuzzles
present participletuzzling
past participletuzzled
pasttuzzled

Questions about tuzzle

What is tuzzle the obsolete form of?
Tuzzle is the obsolete form of tussle.

Words near tuzzle in the dictionary

  1. tuzla
  2. tuzlaite
  3. tuzlas
  4. tuzz
  5. tuzzes
  6. tuzzle
  7. tuzzled
  8. tuzzles
  9. tuzzling
  10. Tuzzolino
  11. tuzzy-muzzies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tuzzle (page history and authors); tussle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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