dogfight

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a fiercely disputed contest
- their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them
- a real dogfight for third place
- a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract
• Hypernyms:
contest, competition
2. disorderly fighting
• Syn:
hassle, scuffle, tussle, rough-and-tumble
• Derivationally related forms:
tussle (for: tussle), scuffle (for: scuffle)
• Hypernyms:
fight, fighting, combat, scrap
3. an aerial engagement between fighter planes
• Derivationally related forms:
dogfighter
• Hypernyms:
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
4. a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)
• Hypernyms:
fight, fighting, combat, scrap

II - verb

1. arrange for an illegal dogfight
• Hypernyms:
stage, arrange
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane
• Hypernyms:
battle, combat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hassle, scuffle, tussle, rough-and-tumble