mud fight
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2.5
- noun
- /mʌd faɪt/
- Informal
:
pelea de barro
- Once a "grass/mud fight" erupts, he freaks out about getting grass stains on his striped cotton/polyester blend polo shirt.
Examples
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- Okay, well, if it's gonna be a mud fight, I'm gonna need more booze.
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The children had a great time during the mud fight at the summer camp.
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Matter of fact, bring out the girls and let's have a mud fight.
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Hey newbies, are you ready for the mud fight?
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Sorority Snark has its place in any All-American mud fight.
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After it rained, the backyard was perfect for a mud fight with friends.
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We organized a silly mud fight to celebrate the end of the school year.
Synonyms
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1.0
A playful game where people hit each other with pillows
Throwing mud at people or things for fun
How Playful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a playful or informal physical contest in which participants throw or smear mud at each other' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'mud' (sticky wet earth) with 'fight' (a physical contest); a B1 learner knowing both words can infer it without prior exposure. This noun–noun compound follows a straightforward, literal composition pattern common across languages and varieties of English.
Etymology
Mud fight comes from the clear picture of people throwing or smearing mud at each other in a playful fight. That's why it now means 'a playful or informal contest where people get dirty and throw mud'.