pillow fight
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈpɪloʊ faɪt/
:
pelea de almohadas
- But we had a pillow fight!
- start a pillow fight
- naked pillow fight
I'm going to pretend I was bleeding when we had a pillow fight.
- I'm going to pretend I was bleeding when we had a pillow fight.
Examples
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And one time at band camp, we weren't supposed to have pillow fights but we had a pillow fight, and it was so much fun.
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At home with the kids he tries to organise pillow fights.
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Are you all doing a pillow fight?
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Oh, you want a pillow fight, do you?
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We're not in a pillow fight, Joe.
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There were three ladies, and they had an epic pillow fight.
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Oh, we've just been having a little pillow fight.
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When Mrs. Claus arrived, they were in the middle of a pillow fight.
Fiction book (1998) -
And we weren't supposed to have pillow fights?
Fiction book (1999) -
Last night we had a big pillow fight that lasted more than an hour.
Synonyms
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People play by throwing or smearing mud at each other
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Morphology
The meaning 'a playful fight using pillows' is directly and compositionally derived from 'pillow' (soft head pad) + 'fight' (physical contest); the constituent meanings combine in the straightforward compound noun pattern. This construction is cross-linguistically common and follows an obvious English noun-noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Pillow fight comes from a simple picture: people hitting each other with pillows at sleepovers, making feathers fly and laughter. So pillow fight today means a 'playful' 'fight' using pillows.