wrastle

American  

[ras-uhl] / ˈræs əl /

Or rassle,

verb (used with or without object)

wrastled, wrastling

1. wrestle.

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Etymology

Origin of wrastle

1200–50; Middle English wrastlen, variant of wrestlen to wrestle

Example Sentences

An' yez tho't ye could wrastle wid Terence O'Boyle?

From Campmates A Story of the Plains by Munroe, Kirk

"Had to wrastle Pedro away from the stove an' I ain't quite on to that oven yet, but they look good, don't they?"

From Rimrock Trail by Dunn, J. Allan, (Joseph Allan)

“I can keep a tally book and order up the grub from Bender; but, durn the luck, when it comes to makin’ love on paper I’d rather wrastle a bear.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard

Either leave it mighty pronto, or wrastle with it till you're a man at the game.

From The Boy With the U. S. Foresters by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

Then I begin to warm right up, I whistle "Yankee Doodle" through, An' wrastle with the collie pup— And sometimes gran'dad whistles too.

From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean