Synonyms: dogfight
Definition: a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)
Similar words: scrap, combat, fight, fighting
Definition: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
Usage: a fight broke out at the hockey game; there was fighting in the streets; the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
Synonyms: dogfight
Definition: an aerial engagement between fighter planes
Similar words: conflict, battle, engagement, fight
Definition: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
Usage: Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga; he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
Synonyms: hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle, dogfight, tussle
Definition: disorderly fighting
Similar words: scrap, combat, fight, fighting
Definition: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
Usage: a fight broke out at the hockey game; there was fighting in the streets; the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
Synonyms: dogfight
Definition: a fiercely disputed contest
Usage: their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them; a real dogfight for third place; a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract
Similar words: competition, contest
Definition: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Synonyms: dogfight
Definition: engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane
Definition: battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
Usage: The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq; We must combat the prejudices against other races; they battled over the budget
Synonyms: dogfight
Definition: arrange for an illegal dogfight
Definition: plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
Usage: the neighboring tribe staged an invasion