noun
gunfight
GUHN-fyt
noun
1
A fight in which the people involved shoot at each other with firearms.
"The film ends with a dramatic gunfight in the saloon."
verb
1
To fight using firearms.
"The outlaws gunfought their way out of town."
How to Use Gunfight
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA shootout — a fight fought with guns.
Common pairings
gunfight breaks out
in a gunfight
Word Forms
gunfought past tense, gunfights plural, gunfights singular
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Etymology
From gun + fight.