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fighting (English)

Pronunciation

en-us-fighting.ogg

Verb

fighting

fight

Derived terms

fighting_chance

Adjective

fighting

engaged in war or other conflict

apt to provoke a fight

* 1925 April 11, "Books", in w:The_New_Yorker|The_New_Yorker, page 26,

*: It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.

* 1947, w:Hold_That_Lion!|Hold_That_Lion! (film),

*: Them's fighting words in my country!

* 2003, Marjorie Kelly, The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ISBN 1576752372, page xi,

*: Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused.

Translations

engaged in a fight

Finska - taisteleva

Polska - walczący

Polska - wojujący

Polska - bijący się

Noun

A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight

* {{quote-book|year=1613|author=|title=A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV.|chapter=The Costlie Whore|edition=|url=

|passage=Then here the warres end, here206 our fightings marde, Yet by your leave Ile stand upon my Guard. '' }}

* {{quote-book|year=1840|author=Thomas Carlyle|title=On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History|chapter=|edition=|url=

|passage=Seid had fallen in the War of Tabuc, the first of Mahomet's fightings with the Greeks. }}

* {{quote-book|year=1860|author=John Yeardley|title=Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel|chapter=|edition=|url=

|passage=A good many soldiers, and some officers, were present; but the expression of our dissent from all wars and fightings had not displeased them, for they shook hands with US most kindly. }}

Descendants

Korean: 화이팅 (hwaiting)

simple:fighting

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