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DOGFIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dogfight" is a kind of...):
combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)
Derivation:
dogfight (engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane)
dogfight (arrange for an illegal dogfight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An aerial engagement between fighter planes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dogfight" is a kind of...):
battle; conflict; engagement; fight (a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war)
Derivation:
dogfight (engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane)
dogfighter (a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Disorderly fighting
Synonyms:
dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble; scuffle; tussle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dogfight" is a kind of...):
combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A fiercely disputed contest
Example:
a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dogfight" is a kind of...):
competition; contest (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "dogfight" is one way to...):
battle; combat (battle or contend against in or as if in a battle)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
dogfight (a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling))
dogfight (an aerial engagement between fighter planes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Arrange for an illegal dogfight
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "dogfight" is one way to...):
arrange; stage (plan, organize, and carry out (an event))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
dogfight (a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling))
