fistfight

English

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Alternative forms

• fist-fight

Etymology

fist +‎ fight

Noun

fistfight (plural fistfights)

1. A fight using bare fists.

Translations

a fight using bare fists

• Chinese: 互殴 (hu4.ou1) (lit., "mutual affront"); 拳击 (quan2.ji1) (lit., "fist attack", this is also the basic word for 'boxing' and 'to box')
• Finnish: nyrkkitappelu (fi)

• French: pugilat (fr) m
• Hungarian: ökölharc (hu)
• Turkish: yumrukla dövüş

Synonyms

• fisticuffs
• bare-hand boxing
• barehanded boxing
• bare-knuckle boxing
• bare-knuckled boxing
• duking it out
• hand-to-hand combat
• hand-to-hand fight

Verb

fistfight (third-person singular simple present fistfights, present participle fistfighting, simple past fistfought, past participle fistfought or (archaic) fistfoughten)

1. To fight using bare fists.

Synonyms

• get into a fistfight
• start a fistfight
• duke it out

Translations

to fight using bare fists

• Finnish: nyrkkeillä (fi) paljain (fi) käsin (fi)