Usually means: Struggling or fighting in close contact.
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  1. tussling: Merriam-Webster
  2. tussling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tussling: Vocabulary.com
  4. tussling: Wordnik
  5. tussling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. tussling: Wiktionary
  7. tussling: Dictionary.com
  8. tussling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tussling: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The act of one who tussles; a struggle.

Similar:
scuffle, muss, rough-and-tumble, hassle, wrangling, toss, towzle, tuggie, tazz, justling, more...

Opposite:
peace, calm, serenity, tranquility

Adjectives:
great, much, natured, legal, diplomatic, political



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Similar:
scuffle, muss, rough-and-tumble, hassle, wrangling, toss, towzle, tuggie, tazz, justling, more...

Opposite:
peace, calm, serenity, tranquility

Adjectives:
great, much, natured, legal, diplomatic, political



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