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English vocabulary question
English is not my mother tongue.
We all know what wrestling is. What would you describe at the best word in English to describe the way some people / kids / animals not really wrestle together, but tease themselves in a playful way? You know, that type of attitude or move when two friends may be sitting on the grass and one of them suddenly apply an SGP to the other just for a few secs on then release it. Or those couples in bed kissing and suddenly one of them roll the other over to be lying on top... What is the English word for that, the one meaning "to fight in a playful way just for a few seconds"? You know, that type of "wrestling start that does not really go into a match that some people do when they are at the beach or in their garden under the sun"? - To heckle? - To make a racket? - to play up? Same word in American English and British English? |
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Re: English vocabulary question
'Tussle' or 'scuffle' might be what you're after.
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Re: English vocabulary question
Wouldn't you call it playfighting?
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Re: English vocabulary question
I usually use a combination of the two mentioned- playful tussle.
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Re: English vocabulary question
I'm English and would say the answers Above are correct from what you described if it helps
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Re: English vocabulary question
I am german, so english is also not my mother-tongue, but before I read the answers, the word "tussle" came directly into my mind. So I believe it is common sense.
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Re: English vocabulary question
"Scuffle" would be closer if you want one word. A tussle is also brief but indicates serious fighting, while scuffle is considered more playful or at least not intense.
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Re: English vocabulary question
Thanks a a lot.
So do you say: - "Scuffle" or "scuffle together"? - "Tussle" or "tussle together"? - A girl tussles with / against her boyfriend? |
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Re: English vocabulary question
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You would say: "She got into a scuffle with her boyfriend." If you want to use "together" with it, you would say: "They scuffled together" or "They began scuffling together" |
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Re: English vocabulary question
Scuffle usually implies minor malicious intent, the most appropriate would be playfighting
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