Meaning

1 senses

  1. To engage in such a contest.

    Near-synonyms: roughhouse, horseplay

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Cats like to play-fight.

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  2. Ziri's cat began a bit of harmless play fighting.

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  3. Kittens play-fight to hone their hunting and fighting skills.

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  4. Sami and Layla were play-fighting.

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  5. Sami and Layla are play-fighting.

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Forms

plays fight, playing fight, played fight, played fight
Base formplay fight · to play fight
3rd person singularplays fight
Present participleplaying fight
Past simpleplayed fight
Past participleplayed fight

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyplay fight
he, she, itplays fight

Past simpleLesson

all personsplayed fight

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave played fight
he, she, ithas played fight

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill play fight

Synonyms

2 synonyms
roughhousehorseplay

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
plausibilityC1plausibleC1playA1playbackplayboyplayerA1playfulA2
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