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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | punching competition |
| Synonyms: | battle, glove game, mill, prelim, prizefighting, pugilism, slugfest, sparring, the ring |
| Main Entry: | box |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punch competitively |
| Synonyms: | buffet, clout, cuff, duke, exchange blows, hit, mix, scrap, slap, slug, sock, spar, strike, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | fighting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive, warlike |
| Synonyms: | angry, argumentative, battling, bellicose, belligerent, boxing, brawling, combative, contending, contentious, determined, disputatious, disputative, fencing, ferocious, hawkish, hostile, jingoistic, jousting, martial, militant, militaristic, pugnacious, quarrelsome, ready to fight, resolute, scrappy, skirmishing, sparring, tilting, truculent, unbeatable, under arms, up in arms, warmongering, wrestling |
| Antonyms: | peaceloving |
| Main Entry: | fisticuffs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fistfight |
| Synonyms: | boxing, encounter, fight |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure by striking |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buffet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit repeatedly |
| Synonyms: | bang, batter, beat, blow, box, bump, clobber, cuff, flail, jolt, knock, pound, pummel, push, rap, shove, slap, smack, spank, strike, thrash, thump, wallop |
| Main Entry: | bump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collide, hit, usually with sound |
| Synonyms: | bang, bounce, box, buck, bunt, butt, carom, clap, clatter, crack, crash, impinge, jar, jerk, jolt, jostle, jounce, knock, pat, plop, plunk, pound, punch, rap, rattle, shake, slam, slap, smack, smash into, strike, thud, thump, thunder, thwack, whack |
| Main Entry: | clip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punch |
| Synonyms: | blow, box, clout, cuff, knock, punch, smack, sock, thump, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | clout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
| Synonyms: | blow, box, clip, clobber, cuff, rap, slap, smack, sock, strike, thump, wallop, whack |
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