Definition of "tussling" [tussling]

• Present participle of tussle. (verb)

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• "Carol Burnett, who co-authored "Hollywood Arms," a 2002-03 Broadway play about her dysfunctional family, recalls tussling with the director after she included Tweety, her mother's whiskey-drinking parakeet, in the script."
• "The two then began "tussling," said Herder, who claimed that Kitchen then took out a knife, which Herder said he grabbed and used to stab Kitchen."
• ""tussling" on the part of players who are caught, pending the arrival of Hip to touch them with the stick, as he may have several to reach in this way, and the interval may be considerable in which the captor must hold his victim."