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fisticuff
[ fis-ti-kuhf ]
noun
- a cuff or blow with the fist.
- fisticuffs, combat with the fists.
verb (used with or without object)
- to strike or fight with the fists.
Other Words From
- fisti·cuffer noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of fisticuff1
Example Sentences
But Kagan, joined by seven other justices, said, “The occasion in the hypothetical is the barroom brawl, not each individual fisticuff.”
Haunts where we’d dance and drink and maybe mack, where on occasion we’d scrap alongside one another if someone ended up in a fisticuff, nights it was not uncommon for gunshots to hasten our exodus.
In this version of ancient Egypt, the gods live right alongside the mortals, towering over them in a fairly jarring visual to viewers and spend plenty of time battling giant monsters, dodging crumbling ancient ruins and bleeding gold during every fisticuff.
“What we can determine right now from the witnesses and video is that a fisticuff broke out, and then a gunfight directly thereafter,” Chief Boyce said.
It was not often that my siblings had true fights, but when they did, they were monster, one-on-one fisticuff affairs, and Helen had picked the Mount Everest of fighters.
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