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Definition: Fistfight |
FistfightNoun1. A fight with bare fists. Verb1. Fight with the fists; "The man wanted to fist-fight". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: FistfightSynonyms: fisticuffs (n), slugfest (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fistfight |
| English words defined with "fistfight": punch-up. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Just cause I have never been in a fistfight or been sent to detention does not mean I am not a force to be reckoned with (The Division; writing credit: Guglielmo Enea; Marcello Fois) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Armenia | Makeyan refused to go and asked for a warrant; the verbal argument quickly turned into a fistfight, after which Makeyan and the officers left together. (references) |
Human Rights | Cuba | A fistfight broke out between three of the officers and the activists, and the activists claimed that the officers hit them with a piece of wood; however, no one was injured seriously. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
the lone ranger and tonto fistfight in heaven | 11 |
fistfight | 9 |
fistfight woman | 3 |
fistfight girl | 2 |
female fistfight | 2 |
fistfight muscle | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fistfight"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | Faustkampf (fist fight, pugilism). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 殴り合い . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | なぐりあい. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | istfightfay.(various references) | |
Russian | кулачный бой (fisticuffs, pugilism, set to, stand-up fight). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fistfight": fistfights. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-f-g-h-i-i-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: fifths, fights, tights. | |
-4 letters: fifth, fight, gifts, shift, sight, stiff, tiffs, tight, titis. | |
-5 letters: figs, fish, fist, fits, ghis, gift, gist, gits, hist, hits, sift, sigh, sith, this, tiff, titi. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-f-g-h-i-i-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: fistfights. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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