noun
fistfight
FIHST-fyt
noun
1
A fight in which people hit each other with their bare fists rather than weapons.
"A fistfight broke out in the parking lot after the game."
verb
1
To fight someone using bare fists.
"The two brothers used to fistfight over the smallest things."
How to Use Fistfight
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA physical fight using fists, not weapons.
Common pairings
get into a fistfight
break up a fistfight
Word Forms
fistfought past tense, fistfights plural, fistfights singular
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Etymology
A straightforward compound of "fist" and "fight."