fighting

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪtɪŋ/
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight +‎ -ing.

Adjective[edit]

fighting

  1. Engaged in war or other conflict.
  2. Apt to provoke a fight.
    • 1925 April 11, "Books", in The New Yorker, page 26:
      It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.
    • 1947, Hold That Lion! (film):
      Them's fighting words in my country!
    • 2003, Marjorie Kelly, The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, →ISBN, page xi:
      Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused.
Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

fighting

  1. present participle and gerund of fight
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fiȝtinge, feȝtyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight +‎ -ing.

Noun[edit]

fighting (countable and uncountable, plural fightings)

  1. The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
  2. A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
    • 1613, “The Costlie Whore”, in A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV.‎[1]:
      Then here the warres end, here our fightings marde, Yet by your leave Ile stand upon my Guard.
    • 1840, Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History‎[2]:
      Seid had fallen in the War of Tabuc, the first of Mahomet's fightings with the Greeks.
    • 1860, John Yeardley, Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel‎[3]:
      A good many soldiers, and some officers, were present; but the expression of our dissent from all wars and fightings had not displeased them, for they shook hands with US most kindly.
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Descendants[edit]
  • → Korean: 화이팅 (hwaiting)
Translations[edit]
fight — see fight
battle — see battle

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Korean 화이팅 (hwaiting) or 파이팅 (paiting), from English fighting.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Interjection[edit]

fighting

  1. (slang) go for it (to put maximum effort into achieving something)
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