dogfight
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
dogfight (plural dogfights)
- A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
- The two bi-planes swirled around each other like angry wasps in a violent dogfight.
- A fight between dogs.
Verb[edit]
dogfight (third-person singular simple present dogfights, present participle dogfighting, simple past and past participle dogfought)
- To engage in a battle between fighter planes.
- Missiles exhausted, the pilot was forced to close and dogfight with his opponent.
