tussle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
disorderly fighting
Types & categories
- fighting hypernym
Related & opposite
- tussle derivation
Sense 2 verb
fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
the drunken men started to scuffle
Types & categories
- fight hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
make messy or untidy
the child mussed up my hair
Types & categories
- disarrange hypernym
Related & opposite
- mess derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tussle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fighting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scramble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scuffle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mess |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disarrange |