fistfight
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈfɪstˌfaɪt/
- He and his roommate got into a fistfight.
- fistfight broke
- arguments into fistfights
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Watch on YouTubeYeah, I love that I got into a fistfight with Roseanne.
- Yeah, I love that I got into a fistfight with Roseanne.
- It's more like a, a fistfight in high school.
- Do you know, like before, maybe arguments could have been solved by fistfights and stuff like that.
- So I've only called the police one time in my life and it was, it was on my, my dad because we got in a fistfight.
- Baxian attacked him, ripped him off of the woman, and you know they got in this huge fistfight.
- Go at it with no, because it's a audio app, you're not allowed to start getting into physical fistfight.
Examples
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And so, let us turn to the fistfight to begin the story.
Academic text (2001) -
The only way to lose a fistfight with a blind man was to come straight at him.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's more like a, a fistfight in high school.
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Yeah, straight up fistfight in the studio bathroom.
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What we're gonna do is we're gonna have just a little bit of a fistfight, all right?
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Once he almost had a fistfight with a high official of the church.
Fiction book (1994) -
A year ago, he basically ruined it by getting in a fistfight with his coach in the first hour of the first day.
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Maybe news of the fistfight has made its way through the ranks.
Fiction book (1995) -
They get way too drunk and get in fistfights.
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After arguing for several minutes, they decided to settle their differences with a fistfight in the parking lot.
Synonyms
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1.3
A physical struggle between people or groups that involves hitting and sometimes weapons
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4.6
A noisy, violent fight among a group in a public place
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9.5
A physical fight using only hands between people
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5.1
To fight briefly at close range by pushing or grabbing
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7.8
A physical fight where people hit each other with fists
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8.1
A sudden intense physical fight that often becomes violent
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5.9
A close fight between people without weapons
A short fight using the fists
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Etymology
Fistfight comes from fist ('closed hand used for hitting') and fight ('a physical fight'), so it literally means a fight using the hands, not weapons.