Term Gallery logo

Meanings of dogfight in English

Portuguese
batalha
Catalan
altercació
Spanish
refriega

Disorderly fighting.

batalha
Synonyms
Examples for "scuffle"
Examples for "scuffle"
1
He said the service station attendant witnessed the scuffle and phoned triple-0.
News.com.au
2
Behind me, there's the sound of a scuffle, but I don't stop.
Mockingjay
3
He hurt nobody in the scuffle; he was thinking of his dinner.'
Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face
4
As part of the ongoing scuffle, weapons were drawn on either side.
The South African
5
They had a scuffle in the shrubbery, and the tramp got away.
From the Ranks
1
But the tussle for the sixth seat made the result highly unpredictable.
The Guardian
2
Of course, that means the parting tussle between Quince and the wrangler.
Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings
3
And at length the Merrimac gave up the tussle, and sailed away.
This Country of Ours
4
Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin, shown here, steps into legal tussle over executions.
The Guardian
5
Rosalind grimaced down at her skirt, ripped during a tussle for freedom.
The spurned viscountess
1
Winner: Virtual Boy Writing Columns iPad: Possible, but kind of a hassle.
Wired
2
It's just way too detail oriented and too much of a hassle.
The new yorker
3
But in general that's just too much hassle in an urbanised society.
The Guardian
4
Families might well wonder if it is worth the hassle next time.
The Guardian
5
Months of planning and hassle for a few minutes before a preacher.
Secret weapon spouse
1
So much about this young, rough-and-tumble country reminded me of my own.
The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
2
It also kept him attuned to the rough-and-tumble of the criminal marketplace.
Layover in dubai
3
Even when these were prohibited the game was of a rough-and-tumble variety.
The Irish Times
4
The rough-and-tumble aspect of playing with colour is not for shrinking violets.
Independent.ie
5
But Patsy was a rushing, rough-and-tumble saloon-fighter, while Watson was a boxer.
The Night-Born
Usage of dogfight in English
1
What had earlier been a foregone conclusion had descended into a dogfight.
The Guardian
2
Mazer quickly put on his helmet and zoomed in, following the dogfight.
Earth Afire
3
He didn't disappoint and sought to draw his opponent into a dogfight.
Independent.ie
4
But he also admits there are ups and downs to the dogfight.
News.com.au
5
When you're in a relegation dogfight you've got to fight like dogs.
The Guardian
6
And it's shaping up to be nothing short of a good, old-fashioned dogfight.
The South African
7
We ended up in a dogfight at the end and overran his minutes.
Reuters
8
Tom, Roger, and Astro watched the dogfight on the scanner in horrified fascination.
On the Trail of the Space Pirates
9
There'll be the traditional dogfight amongst a lot of bad choices.
Surrender to the will of the night
10
Sean Dyche's men are well and truly in a relegation dogfight.
The Guardian
11
Oh, down in San Antonio, it's going to be more than a dogfight.
Reuters
12
Here I was: a trireme smash yesterday; a dogfight today; now a consul's nurse.
Shadows in Bronze
13
But the dogfight they leave behind seems set to continue.
News.com.au
14
It came down to the end, a dogfight, Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett said.
Reuters
15
The last five or six weeks, the relegation dogfight, it's not what we're about.
The Guardian
16
In battleground states where the election will be decided, a dogfight was still unfolding.
Reuters
About this term
More collocations
Translations for dogfight
Dogfight through the time
Dogfight across language varieties
United States of America
Common