Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
punch-up
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He ended up in jail after a punch-up with a bloke in the pub.
▪ Some drunks began calling us names and we ended up getting into a punch-up.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But games companies seem convinced that only the odd tomboy would enjoy the shoot outs and punch-ups of the average game.
▪ Rumours of a punch-up were rife.
▪ Tony came in then dripping wet and there was another punch-up.
▪ What had started out as a localized punch-up, had now developed into wholesale slaughter.
Wiktionary
punch-up
n. (context informal English) A fight with the fists.
WordNet
punch-up
n. a fistfight; "the quarrel ended in a punch-up"
Usage examples of "punch-up".
Outside there was almost a punch-up, as the Corinium camera crew battled to get the press out of the way, so they could get their own cameras in and film Declan's arrival for the lunchtime news bulletin.
They wooed and won the Dead Rabbits to the cause, whose sole previous involvement with politics had consisted of rock-fights and punch-ups in municipal elections.