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fisticuff
English
Etymology
fist +? cuff (“blow with the hand”). Modern uses as a verb are a back-formation on the plural uses of the noun.
Noun
fisticuff (plural fisticuffs)
- (rare) A fistfight.
- (obsolete) A cuff or blow administered with the fist.
Verb
fisticuff (third-person singular simple present fisticuffs, present participle fisticuffing, simple past and past participle fisticuffed)
- (chiefly humorous) To engage in a physical fight.
- (obsolete) To strike, fight or spar with the fists.
Derived terms
- fisticuffer
References
- fisticuff in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “fisticuff” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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fisticuffs
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?f?s.t?.k?fs/
Noun
fisticuffs pl (plural only)
- plural of fisticuff
- (plural only, informal) An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers, "Virginibus Puerisque,"
- People who share a cell in the Basti[l]le […] if they do not immediately fall to fisticuffs, will find some possible ground of compromise.
- 1890, Edmondo de Amicis translated by Caroline Tilton, Holland and Its People, Chapter XII
- […] , his head all scarred with the sticks and fisticuffs which he had got in the taverns at Utrecht, […]
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers, "Virginibus Puerisque,"
- (plural only, sports, dated) Bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing done without boxing gloves or similar padding.
- 1870, Charles Dicken, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Chapter XVII
- In his college days of athletic exercises, Mr. Crisparkle had known professors of the Noble Art of fisticuffs, […]
- 1870, Charles Dicken, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Chapter XVII
Synonyms
- (informal: fight): brawl, fight, fist-fight, punch-up
- (bare-knuckled boxing): prizefighting
Related terms
- fist
- fisticuff
- fisticuffer
Translations
See also
- boxing
- fighting
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