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Definition of Dogfight
1. Noun. A fiercely disputed contest. "A prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract"
2. Verb. Arrange for an illegal dogfight.
3. Noun. Disorderly fighting.
Generic synonyms: Combat, Fight, Fighting, Scrap
Derivative terms: Scuffle, Tussle
4. Verb. Engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane.
5. Noun. An aerial engagement between fighter planes.
6. Noun. A violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling).
Definition of Dogfight
1. Noun. A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters. ¹
2. Noun. A fight between dogs. ¹
3. Verb. To engage in a battle between fighter planes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dogfight
1. to engage in an aerial battle [v -FOUGHT, -FIGHTING, -FIGHTS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogfight
Literary usage of Dogfight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"... and knocks the end of his load against the ricksha, whose owner is temporarily
engaged in witnessing a dogfight. Some of the paint is scraped off, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"... manner in which her pupils vanished out of the schoolroom when the arrival of
a packman was declared, or a dogfight heard, in which case, she was told, ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"... ending with a full account of a dogfight which a «snoozer of a cop» stopped
with his club. So when Patsy came limping up the garden path this morning, ..."
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