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Definition of Fisticuffs
1. Noun. A fight with bare fists.
Generic synonyms: Combat, Fight, Fighting, Scrap
Specialized synonyms: Punch-up
Derivative terms: Fistfight
2. Noun. Fighting with the fists.
Examples of category: Clinch, Biff, Clout, Lick, Poke, Punch, Slug, Sidestep, Boxing Equipment, Boxing Glove, Glove, Boxing Ring, Prize Ring, Gumshield, Mouthpiece, Decision, Count Out, Remain Down, Take The Count, Hook, Cut, Below The Belt
Generic synonyms: Contact Sport
Specialized synonyms: Professional Boxing, In-fighting, Fight, Rope-a-dope, Spar, Sparring
Derivative terms: Box, Box, Pugilist, Pugilistic
Definition of Fisticuffs
1. Noun. (plural of fisticuff) ¹
2. Noun. (plurale tantum informal) An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people. ¹
3. Noun. (plurale tantum sports dated) Bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing done without boxing gloves or similar padding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fisticuffs
1. fisticuff [n] - See also: fisticuff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fisticuffs
Literary usage of Fisticuffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollection of Men and Things at Washington: During the Third of a Century by Lawrence Augustus Gobright (1869)
"... HARMLESS DUELS — " HONORABLES " — fisticuffs IN THE "BEAR GARDEN"—THE ATTEMPT
TO SHOOT JACKSON — A PRINTERS' COLLEGE — PRINTERS' RIOT—RAT KILLING! ..."
2. Scenes and Studies of Savage Life by Gilbert Malcolm Sproat (1868)
"Winter the time for Feasts—Domestic Manners ; Fondness for Jokes and Gossip—Rarity
of Serious Quarrels ; Ignorance of fisticuffs—Unwillingness to ..."
3. Club Makers and Club Members by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1914)
"... convives, and fisticuffs at the "Cocoa Tree "—The "Cocoa Tree's " conversion
from pub. to club—Edward Gibbon in its club days—Nineteenth-century slate ..."
4. English Synonyms: Explained and Illustrated by J. H. A. Günther (1904)
"BLOW, STROKE, SLAP, CUFF, fisticuffs, BUFFET, STRIPE. Blow - a blow is sudden
and violent and ... fisticuffs (always in the plural) - blows with the fist. ..."
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