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• n  disorderly fighting
• v  fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
• v  make messy or untidy

• After a rally for Senator Barack Obama, a brief tussle ensued between Bill OReilly, the Fox News host, and a campaign aide for Mr.
• The latest moves in the never-ending tussle over human-caused climate change.
• The most emotionally charged allegation in the Brooke Astor legal tussle was that her only son, Anthony D.

• hassle
• scuffle
• dogfight
• rough-and-tumble
• muss

News & Articles

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• WORLD: Hong Kong legal battle looms for NSA contractor Edward Snowden
  HONG KONG - A potential extradition tussle in Hong Kong over an American who has exposed the U.S. government's top-secret surveillance programs could prove to be a test case for civil liberties in the financial hub controlled by China.
  June 15, 2013 - Dearborn Press & Guide
• Fla man stabs brother over missing mac and cheese
  DELTONA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say two Florida brothers got into a tussle over missing macaroni and cheese that ended with one stabbing the other in the stomach.
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Missing mac and cheese leads to stabbing, cops say
  DELTONA, Fla – Authorities say two Florida brothers got into a tussle over missing macaroni and cheese that ended with one stabbing the other in the stomach.
  June 14, 2013 - Fox News

Quotes

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• Sir Alex Ferguson in The Guardian
  We are back in the lead, but Chelsea have a game in hand,Ferguson said. "It's also going to be a hard-fought tussle with Arsenal coming strongly now and I have a suspicion that they might yet mount the biggest challenge. To a certain...
• Lewis Hamilton in Times 24
  It wasn't a great pit stop and, as I exited the box, I saw two cars jostling for position ahead of me in the pit lane,explained Hamilton. "Obviously, I didn't want to get involved in their tussle, and was trying not to do so, and then all...