tussled
Fought without hurting
Tussled is the past tense of tussle, meaning to engage in a brief, rough struggle or scuffle.
The fight is usually not serious—more wrestling than combat: The kids tussled over the remote.
Hair that is tussled has been mussed or disheveled, as if someone had been in a scrap: His tussled hair gave him a boyish look.
Played boisterously and physically
- rompedPlayed with wild energy
- wrestledEngaged in combat sport
- frolickedPlayed in lively way
- horsed aroundEngaged in rowdy play
scrapped · tumbled · rolled around · skylarked · tousled
roughhoused
Played boisterously and physically
horsed around · scrapped · tumbled · rolled around · skylarked · tousled
wrestled
Engaged in combat sport
brawled · roughhoused · sparred · skirmished · fought · struggled · clashed · tangled · wrangled · jostled
mussed
Made untidy
windswept · bedraggled · messy · tangled · matted · uncombed · wild · shaggy · disordered · disarrayed
tussledmade peace
Resolved a dispute
reconciled · cooperated · harmonized · embraced · hugged