Synonyms of tussle

1 Syllable
jam, row, brawl, cope, met, clash, brush, fought, scrap, fray, grind, fight
2 Syllables
slugfest, wrestle, grappling, scuffling, lucked, coped, contest, run-in, conflict, strife, grappled, lucking, hassle, wrestling, scuffle, scuffled, melee, dogfight, rumble, wrestled, struggle, tourney, coping, fistfight, skirmish, battle, scramble, combat
3 Syllables
competing, encounter, roughhouse, skirmishing, donnybrook, skirmished, free-for-all, skirmishes, compete, competed
4 Syllables
undertaking, knock-down-drag-out