Fighting with the fists

• Doubt about chopped ice in packs for boxing
• Fighting with dukes?
• Fighting with punches
• Hand-to-hand combat?
• A fight with bare fists
• Brawl ingredients

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ There was a good deal of fisticuffs . ▪ When his mind's on fisticuffs he sits in on the training sessions there.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, fisty cuffes , from fist (n.) + cuff (n.) "a blow" (see cuff (v.2)), with the form perhaps in imitation of handiwork . Related: Fisticuff .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of fisticuff English)Category:English plurals 2 (context plurale tantum informal English) An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people. 3 (context plurale tantum sports dated English) bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a fight with bare fists [syn: fistfight , slugfest ] fighting with the fists [syn: boxing , pugilism ]