Meaning

1 senses

  1. A fight using bare fists.

    a fight with bare fists

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom was involved in a fistfight.

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  2. Tom got into a fistfight.

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  3. I got into a fistfight.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From fist + fight.

From fist + fight.

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Forms

plural: fistfights

Synonyms

7 synonyms
fisticuffsbare-knuckle boxingbare-hand boxingbarehanded boxingduking it outhand-to-hand combat
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fissionfistfistulafitA2

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