Definition of FIGHT

fight

Plural: fights

Noun

  • a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
  • the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
    • "a fight broke out at the hockey game"
    • "there was fighting in the streets"
  • an aggressive willingness to compete
    • "the team was full of fight"
  • an intense verbal dispute
    • "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"
  • a boxing or wrestling match
    • "the fight was on television last night"
  • An occasion of fighting.
  • A battle between opposing armies.
  • A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
  • A boxing or martial arts match.
  • A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
  • The will or ability to fight.
  • A screen for the combatants in ships; an arming.

Verb

Verb Forms: fought, fighting, fights

  • To engage in a conflict; to contend against an adversary.
  • be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
    • "Siblings are always fighting"
  • fight against or resist strongly
    • "Don't fight it!"
  • make a strenuous or labored effort
  • exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
  • Senses relating to physical conflict:
  • To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
  • Senses relating to physical conflict:
  • To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare, a cause, etc.).
  • Senses relating to physical conflict:
  • To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  • Senses relating to physical conflict:
  • To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  • Senses relating to physical conflict:
  • To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
  • To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
  • To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
  • Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.

Examples

  • A wounded animal will fight tooth and nail; relentless, savage and murderous.
  • He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
  • He had to FIGHT for every point against his formidable Scrabble opponent.
  • I’ll put up a fight to save this company.
  • I’m going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night.
  • My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.
  • One of them got stuck in a chokehold and got stabbed to death during the fight.
  • Our soldiers fought the battle just over that hill.
  • That little guy has a bit of fight in him after all. As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him.
  • The government pledged to fight corruption.
  • The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
  • to fight cocks; to fight one’s ship
  • Watch your language! Are you looking for a fight?

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fighten, from Old English feohtan (“to fight, combat, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, tease, shear, struggle with”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear”).
Cognate with Scots fecht (“to fight”), West Frisian fjochtsje, fjuchte (“to fight”), Dutch vechten (“to fight”), Low German fechten (“to fight”), German fechten (“to fight, fence”), Danish fægte (“to fence, to fight (using blade weapons)”), Swedish fäkta (“to fence, to fight (using blade weapons), to wave vigorously (and carelessly) with one's arms”), Latin pectō (“comb, thrash”, verb), Albanian pjek (“to hit, strive, fight”), Ancient Greek πέκω (pékō, “comb or card wool”, verb). Related also to Old English feht (“wool, shaggy pelt, fleece”).

Scrabble Score: 12

fight: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fight: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fight: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

fight: valid Words With Friends Word