n. 25B6; noun his glasses were smashed in the tussle : SCUFFLE, fight, struggle, skirmish, brawl, scrum, rough and tumble, free-for-all, fracas, fray, rumpus, melee; Irish, N. Amer., & Austral. donnybrook; informal scrap, dust-up, punch-up, spat, ruck; Brit. informal ding-dong, bust-up; Scottish informal rammy; Law, dated affray.
25B6; verb demonstrators tussled with police : SCUFFLE, fight, struggle, brawl, grapple, wrestle, clash; informal scrap; N. Amer. informal rough-house.