Fisticuff
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fisticuff is a noun meaning (rare) A fistfight.
Meaning
(rare) A fistfight.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A cuff or blow administered with the fist.
- (chiefly humorous) To engage in a physical fight.
- (obsolete) To strike, fight or spar with the fists.
Example Sentences
Do they fisticuff with thunder-snaggs […]
Every fifteen or twenty minutes there was a rush to some part, to witness a fisticuff.
The apprenticeship of the Prussian Crown Princes has always consisted in receiving fisticuffs and cowhidings from their progenitor, the king.
This clearly was not a case for fisticuffs, even apart from the very natural aversion I had to beat that Shadow—this wandering and tormented thing.
Word Forms
- fisticuffs
- fisticuffing
- fisticuffed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fistfight, pugilism, boxing, slugfest, fisticuffery, fist-fight.
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