tussle

noun

1. A physical fight or struggle.

   “And the visiting side appeared to settle quickly as Wayne Routledge, who had a tough tussle with Stevenage left-back Scott Laird, delivered an early cross that Barton drilled goalwards, forcing a decent save from Chris Day.”

   “..., two young men—field hands—got into a tussle with a white man.”

2. A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.

verb

1. To have a tussle.

   “The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.”

   “Olsson and Herd tussled off the ball at a free-kick before Olsson fell to the ground. Assistant referee Darren Cann signalled for a penalty and Dowd sent Herd off to the amazement of the Villa faithful.”