bullfight | (noun) a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators | Synonyms: corrida |
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bullfighter | (noun) someone who fights bulls | Synonyms: toreador |
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bullfighting | (noun) the activity at a bullfight | Synonyms: tauromachy |
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bunfight | (noun) (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion | Synonyms: bun-fight |
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chickenfight | (verb) fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders | Synonyms: chicken-fight |
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cockfight | (noun) a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs | - |
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cockfighting | (noun) participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight | - |
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dogfight | (noun) a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling) | - |
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(noun) an aerial engagement between fighter planes | - |
(noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle, tussle |
(noun) a fiercely disputed contest | - |
(verb) engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane | - |
(verb) arrange for an illegal dogfight | - |
dogfighter | (noun) a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights | - |
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fight | (noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war | Synonyms: battle, conflict, engagement |
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(noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle | Synonyms: combat, fighting, scrap |
(noun) a boxing or wrestling match | - |
(noun) an aggressive willingness to compete | Synonyms: competitiveness |
(noun) an intense verbal dispute | - |
(verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | Synonyms: contend, struggle |
(verb) fight against or resist strongly | Synonyms: defend, fight back, fight down, oppose |
(verb) make a strenuous or labored effort | Synonyms: struggle |
(verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: agitate, campaign, crusade, press, push |
fighter | (noun) a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air | Synonyms: attack aircraft, fighter aircraft |
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(noun) someone who fights (or is fighting) | Synonyms: battler, belligerent, combatant, scrapper |
(noun) someone who fights for a cause | Synonyms: champion, hero, paladin |
fighting | (adjective) engaged in or ready for military or naval operations | Synonyms: active, combat-ready |
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(noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle | Synonyms: combat, fight, scrap |
firefighter | (noun) a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires | Synonyms: fire-eater, fire fighter, fireman |
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fistfight | (noun) a fight with bare fists | Synonyms: fisticuffs, slugfest |
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(verb) fight with the fists | - |
gunfight | (noun) a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten | Synonyms: gunplay, shootout |
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infighting | (noun) boxing at close quarters | - |
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(noun) conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders) | - |
outfight | (verb) to fight better than; get the better of | - |
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prizefight | (noun) a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize | Synonyms: prize fight |
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(verb) box for a prize or money | - |
prizefighter | (noun) a professional boxer | Synonyms: gladiator |
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