Definition of "fisticuffs" []

• A fistfight. (noun-plural)
• The activity of fighting with the fists. (noun-plural)

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• "Though Holmes was known to engage in fisticuffs from time to time, it is still odd and jarring that those occasional episodes, at least in the trailers I have seen, have been made the focus of the film."
• "Therefore, I'm positive that if we ever engaged in fisticuffs, I would beat that fucking dwarf like a rented mule."
• "Jack is all: talk to the hand, and they're driven to very bloody fisticuffs, which is only broken up by Juliet, who announces that she has changed her mind, as is a woman's prerogative: She thinks Jack is right."