Meaning

2 senses

  1. (rare)A fistfight.

  2. (obsolete)A cuff or blow administered with the fist.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. It ended in fisticuffs.

    ruЭто закончилось дракой. — odexed

    deEs endete in Handgreiflichkeiten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From fist + cuff (“blow with the hand”). Modern uses as a verb are a back-formation on the

From fist + cuff (“blow with the hand”). Modern uses as a verb are a back-formation on the plural uses of the noun.

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Forms

plural: fisticuffs
Singularfisticuff
Pluralfisticuffs

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fistfistfightfistulafitA2
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