Dogfight (Noun)
Meaning 1
A violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling).
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
A fiercely disputed contest; "their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them"; "a real dogfight for third place"; "a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract".
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 3
Disorderly fighting.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The two rival gangs clashed in a fierce dogfight in the city streets, with punches flying and people screaming.
- The barroom brawl quickly escalated into a dogfight, with patrons throwing chairs and bottles at each other.
- The police struggled to break up the dogfight between the two groups of teenagers, who were kicking and punching each other.
- The crowd gasped in shock as the two boxers abandoned all rules and engaged in a brutal dogfight, with both fighters bleeding profusely.
- The referee finally intervened to stop the dogfight between the two wrestlers, who had been rolling around on the mat, punching and kicking each other.
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Meaning 4
An aerial engagement between fighter planes.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.