Wiktionary
cut-and-thrust
n. (alternative form of cut and thrust English)
WordNet
cut-and-thrust
n. fighting with knives [syn: knife fight, snickersnee]
Usage examples of "cut-and-thrust".
As it was described to me, a cut-and-thrust greatsword, the blade green-blue and lustrous, damacened with silver and with many runes and sigils laid upon it.
In between, there is anywhere from one to three weeks of tactical maneuver, false starts, and arduous cut-and-thrust flirtation.