n
(countable) A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
v
Alternative form of arm-wrestle [(transitive, intransitive) To compete in an arm-wrestle (with).]
v
(transitive, intransitive) To compete in an arm-wrestle (with).
n
(by extension) The battle itself.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight.
n
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To fight (with or against someone).
v
(US, circus slang) To use any means to take the money of participants in a circus gaming attraction.
v
(intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
n
Obsolete spelling of battle [A contest, a struggle.]
n
(UK, law, obsolete) A single combat.
n
Obsolete spelling of battle [A contest, a struggle.]
v
(intransitive) To fight or compete against one or more opponents, in order to decide a winner.
n
Synonym of war of the currents
n
Any competition between males and females.
v
(transitive) To argue or fight over (a disputed subject) and reach a conclusion; to air out one's grievances.
n
A heated discussion or debate.
n
Alternative form of battle royal [A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing.]
n
Alternative spelling of battle royal [A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing.]
n
Alternative spelling of battle royal [A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing.]
n
(figuratively) Any subject of dispute or contention.
v
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To fight against; contend; do battle with.
v
Alternative form of bet a dollar to a doughnut [(figuratively, mildly humorous) To declare with confidence.]
v
Alternative form of bet a dollar to a doughnut [(figuratively, mildly humorous) To declare with confidence.]
v
To make a substantial wager or risk.
v
(intransitive, slang) To leave.
v
(intransitive) to take a stand, to contend [+ for (to the benefit of)] [+ in favour of (to the benefit of)] [+ against (in opposition to)] [+ with (in opposition to)]
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.
n
An appeal to fight or to engage in conflict.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
n
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
n
A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
n
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
v
(idiomatic) To fight; to initiate physical conflict, especially subsequent to escalating tension or antagonism.
v
(intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
v
(intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
n
A conflict between armed forces.
n
(uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
v
To engage in a dispute over copyright.
v
(transitive, boxing, wrestling, professional wrestling) To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated.
v
(idiomatic) To quarrel or argue with someone; to have a dispute with someone.
n
(by extension) A heated confrontation between opposing factions.
v
(intransitive) To go on a military crusade.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
adj
Being or involving an unequal conflict between two parties, one of which is much stronger or more powerful than the other.
n
A close struggle between two opponents in which each tries to kill the other.
v
(rare) To fight like gladiators; to contend or dispute violently.
n
(obsolete) A fight; a contest.
v
(intransitive) To engage in a fight; to battle.
n
(Australia, New Zealand) A campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors, such as for a charity appeal.
v
To decide at random by drawing (selecting randomly between) straws, sticks, etc., one of which differs from the others (typically by being shorter), held in a person's hand so as to conceal which is the different one. Typically, whoever draws the short straw must complete some undesirable task.
n
Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
v
(informal) To fight, especially with the fists.
v
(transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
v
(intransitive) To enter into battle.
v
(intransitive) To confront (each other).
n
A confrontation or argument between two people or groups
v
(intransitive) To carry on a feud.
v
(reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
v
To continue to wage war when it is clear that one is not going to win.
v
To use every possible way to beat someone, and especially the most treacherous.
v
To fight until there is decisively and conclusively a winner
v
Synonym of argue like a married couple
v
(UK, simile) To fight frequently or irreconcilably.
v
(US) Alternative form of fight like cat and dog [(UK, simile) To fight frequently or irreconcilably.]
n
Alternative spelling of fight-or-flight [All the coordinated physiological responses that the sympathetic nervous system initiates in response to stress or other emergency situations.]
v
To settle through conflict.
v
To battle or try to achieve something for a noble cause.
v
(trading) To make a trade contrary to the overall tendency of prices, i.e., to buy when prices are generally falling or sell when prices are generally rising.
v
(US, slang) To gamble against professional gamblers.
v
To take part in a battle in which the winner is the sole survivor.
n
A competition in which both parties continue until one side is unequivocally defeated.
n
Pronunciation spelling of fighter. [A person who fights; a combatant.]
n
A warrior; a fighting soldier.
n
(set phrase) Aggressive remarks that foreseeably may lead to a potentially violent confrontation; in law, often considered mitigation for otherwise sanctionable behavior (fighting).
v
To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
v
Alternative form of filibuster [To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.]
adj
(of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
n
(colloquial) An argument or fight in which one side is greatly advantaged by being more numerous or more closely allied than the other side.
n
A simultaneous attack from two or more sides.
v
To begin to make physical contact aggressively (as part of fighting or playing sports).
v
(dated) To engage in warfare; to attack or fight with military force.
v
To fight as a gladiator, to digladiate.
v
To take a bet and add another to it.
n
(US, noir, rare) A fatal wound caused by a knife fight.
v
(Britain, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
v
To be a spectator at a fight; (figuratively) to watch other people argue.
n
A conflict in which actual fighting takes place between the belligerent parties.
v
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To engage in a struggle to put an opposing side at a disadvantage.
n
A person who engages in infighting.
v
(intransitive, gaming) To intentionally throw a game or match, to deliberately die or lose (to harm one's team); (by extension) to die, to lose.
n
(archaic) A battle fought in close combat.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
v
To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally)
v
To joust, fight a tournament.
v
(transitive, informal) To attack (somebody or something) with karate or similar techniques.
n
A conflict waged only as a battle of words
adv
Characterized by head-to-head competition or conflict.
v
Alternative form of march to the beat of a different drum [(idiomatic) To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.]
v
Alternative form of march to the beat of a different drum [(idiomatic) To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.]
v
Alternative form of march to the beat of a different drum [(idiomatic) To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.]
v
Alternative form of march to the beat of a different drum [(idiomatic) To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.]
v
Alternative form of march to the beat of a different drum [(idiomatic) To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.]
v
Alternative form of march to the beat of a different drum [(idiomatic) To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.]
v
To try one's skill against somebody else.
v
(figuratively) To match one's abilities against an antagonist's.
n
(now rare, archaic) Combat, fighting; a battle.
n
(especially military) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
n
Obsolete form of melee. [(especially military) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.]
v
(African-American Vernacular, slang) to run
n
(slang) A confrontation among two or more armed parties, none of which wants to attack first (fearing that the other could retaliate), but neither of which will disarm (for fear the other will attack).
v
(idiomatic, colloquial) To use as much time as one can in order to gain a benefit.
v
(idiomatic) To compete vigorously, to quarrel, or to fight physically.
n
(now rare) A fight or other contest between two people or forces; a duel; single combat.
n
Fighting to the death; a physical fight between persons or groups wherein each side is attempting to kill the other.
n
A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
v
(idiomatic) To engage someone physically; to brawl.
n
(law) An incident of multiple assaults and batteries on all sides between involved parties which does not rise to the level of felonious assault or battery, or serious bodily harm, where parties involved are determined to have voluntarily entered into the affray and hence no criminal charges result, in relation to the assaults and batteries.
n
Alternative spelling of melee [(especially military) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.]
v
(transitive, gaming) To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.
n
(video games) An instance of defeating an opponent with a single attack; a one-hit knockout.
v
(transitive) To overcome in battle.
v
To fight or battle better than.
v
To deliberately provoke someone into fighting.
v
(South Africa) To join a conversation at the tail end, without knowing much about its content.
n
The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
n
An argument or fight in which one side is greatly advantaged by being more numerous or more closely allied than the other side.
v
(intransitive) To participate in a pillow fight.
n
(by extension) A disagreement strong enough to evoke a duel.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To set in opposition to someone or something else.
adj
(of a battle, fight, etc) Fought at a particular place and time, at which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; (later especially) involving sustained, intense (military or, by extension, political, legal, or other) fighting.
n
(idiomatic, by extension) An intense, rancorous argument or confrontation.
v
Alternative form of play both sides against the middle [(idiomatic) To manipulate opponents or competitors in a manner which benefits the manipulator.]
v
(idiomatic) To manipulate opponents or competitors in a manner which benefits the manipulator.
v
To engage in such a contest; to horseplay.
v
(UK) Alternative form of beat someone at their own game [(figuratively) To successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them.]
v
(idiomatic) To seek ways to advance one's self-interest, especially by making choices in a calculating or crafty manner; to scheme.
v
(by extension, idiomatic, colloquial) To object to someone's argument by attacking them or a facet of their personality instead of the argument itself; to make an ad hominem attack.
v
To act as though little or no risk can be incurred.
v
(intransitive) To engage in play fights.
v
(intransitive) To come up with a "pop" sound.
v
(obsolete, rare) To fight
n
A contest where people compete in making puns.
v
(intransitive) To participate in a raffle.
v
(obsolete) To attack hand to hand.
v
(idiomatic)To win easily, especially in a race.
v
(African-American Vernacular) To run game on someone; to cheat someone.
n
A conflict that continues over a long period of time, usually with periodic eruptions of fighting.
n
A fight kept up between one party that flees and another that pursues.
v
(US, American Civil War) To witness or participate in a battle.
n
The means of defending oneself from physical attack.
v
(figuratively) Argue with an imaginary enemy.
n
(obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
n
A hand gesture in which the index and little finger are extended while the middle and ring fingers are held down with the thumb, having various meanings across cultures, and sometimes signifying cuckoldry or associated with heavy metal music.
n
(historical) A duel between single representatives of opposing armies, with the outcome accepted as the battle's outcome.
n
(military) A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
v
(informal) To have an intense argument or fight until one side prevails.
n
(Hearthstone) The strategy of aggressively attacking the opponent, especially while disregarding enemy minions.
v
(Canada, US) To get ready for a confrontation (debate, argument, fight).
v
to get ready for a fight
v
(figuratively, intransitive) To give an unfair advantage to somebody.
n
A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.
n
(idiomatic) A confrontation in which each party waits for the other to yield.
n
a confrontation between two parties in which neither side is prepared to back down.
n
(slang) A prearranged fight to settle a dispute.
n
Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
v
(transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
n
(comics) A fight between a superhero and a supervillain.
v
To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
n
A private war reenactment event involving mock battles or skirmishes.
v
(UK, Canada) To place a small bet.
v
(sports, idiomatic) To use attacking tactics against.
n
(idiomatic) A dispute between two parties, particularly an entrenched, back-and-forth dispute.
n
(idiomatic) A fight or confrontation between two divisions or parties for access to resources or capital.
v
(video games, board games) To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
n
combat conducted in towns and cities
n
(Britain, law, historical) The giving of gage, or pledge, for trying a cause by single combat, formerly allowed in military, criminal, and civil causes, and finally abolished in 1819. In writs of right, where the trial was by champions, the tenant produced his champion, who, by throwing down his glove as a gage, thus "waged", or stipulated, battle with the champion of the demandant, who, by taking up the glove, accepted the challenge.
n
A form of moshing in which audience members divide into two halves and run toward each other.
v
(intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).
n
A situation in which opponents try to overcome each other by wearing them out
n
(idiomatic, by extension) A situation in which opposed parties refrain from direct conflict but maintain a tense, contentious relationship in which each uses annoyances or intimidating psychological tactics to attempt to dishearten and unnerve the other.
v
To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
n
Often in the term meet one's Waterloo: a notable and decisive defeat following an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult.
n
(uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
v
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To contend; wrangle.
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