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fisticuff

[ fis-ti-kuhf ]

/ ˈfɪs tɪˌkʌf /

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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.

Origin of fisticuff

1595–1605; earlier fisty cuff. See fist¹, -y¹, cuff²

OTHER WORDS FROM fisticuff

fist·i·cuff·er, noun

Words nearby fisticuff

fist pump, fistfight, fistful, fistiana, fistic, fisticuff, fisticuffs, fistmele, fistnote, fistula, fistulation

Example sentences from the Web for fisticuff

Charles Rush was kind and charitable in disposition, but when exigencies required, would not decline a fisticuff.

The Old Pike |Thomas B. Searight
There was a children's party, and two boys had a fisticuff over you.

The Princess Elopes |Harold MacGrath
He went so far as to admit to himself that he would have liked nothing better than a fisticuff.

The Carpet from Bagdad |Harold MacGrath
In no account of this great conflict is any precision observed concerning the pell-mell and fisticuff parts of it.

Mary Anerley |R. D. Blackmore

If his fairy-godmother had prearranged this fisticuff, she could not have done anything better so far as Killigrew was concerned.

The Voice in the Fog |Harold MacGrath