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Definition of Fistfight
1. Verb. Fight with the fists. "The man wanted to fist-fight"
2. Noun. A fight with bare fists.
Generic synonyms: Combat, Fight, Fighting, Scrap
Specialized synonyms: Punch-up
Definition of Fistfight
1. Noun. A fight using bare fists. ¹
2. Verb. To fight using bare fists. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fistfight
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fistfight
Literary usage of Fistfight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Capital of Human Rights?: Abuses in the State of Georgia by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1996)
"... June 11.1993.39 According to Cunningham, he was a bystander during a fistfight
outside a nightclub in Atlanta when Officer Traylor arrived at the scene. ..."
2. Joseph Csáky: A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture by Edith Balas (1998)
"A real fistfight started between the supporters and the opponents. Blows fell
thick and fast. My immediate opponent sat in the row below mine. ..."
3. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"... permits the proceedings to continue, rather than to have them interrupted by
a fistfight set off by direct locution ("You're lying, you bastard!"). ..."
4. Limits of Tolerance: Freedom of Expression and the Public Debate in Chile by Sebastian Brett, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"Instructions were issued for skirts to be lengthened, cleavages to be covered,
kisses to be shortened and de-eroticized, and a fistfight in a discotheque to ..."
5. Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States by Allyson Collins, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"... According to Cunningham, he was a bystander during a fistfight outside a
nightclub in Atlanta when Officer Traylor arrived at the scene. ..."
6. Surviving Twilight: A Soldier's Chronicle of Daily Life in Iraq by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"... seeing a fistfight right there in the middle ofthe road. Iraqi street fighting
at its finest! (14 SEP 2004) How did I get so lucky as to get the middle ..."
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