fighting
noun
- fight
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/ / [ˈfaɪ.ɾɪŋ] / /ˈfʌɪ.tɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
- Engaged in war or other conflict.
- Apt to provoke a fight.
“It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.”
“Them's fighting words in my country!”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fiȝtinge, feȝtyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
- The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
- A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
“Then here the warres end, here our fightings marde, Yet by your leave Ile stand upon my Guard.”
“Seid had fallen in the War of Tabuc, the first of Mahomet's fightings with the Greeks.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of fight