Advertisement - Continue reading below

Definition of "fistfight" []

  • A fight with the bare fists. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "fistfight" in a sentence
  • "The way these people were trained, even a fistfight could be a duel to the death, and tempers were short."
  • "Act 3 usually concludes with smooshing and/or some kind of fistfight back at the house."
  • "A fistfight had broken out, of course, and the three of them had escaped on a “borrowed” vulture hovercycle."