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fisticuffs
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:12 pm
by KatyBr
fist·i·cuffs (fĭs'tĭ-kŭfs')
pl.n.
A fistfight.
The activity of fighting with the fists.
[From fisty cuffs : fisty, with the fists (from FIST) + CUFF2.]
fist'i·cuff'er n.
Thesaurus
fisticuffs
noun
A physical conflict involving two or more: fight, fistfight, scrap2, scuffle, tussle. Slang rumble. See conflict/cooperation.
WordNet
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The noun fisticuffs has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: a fight with bare fists
Synonyms: fistfight, slugfest
Meaning #2: fighting with the fists
Synonyms: boxing, pugilism
Translations
Translations for: Fisticuffs
Nederlands (Dutch)
vuistgevecht
Français (French)
bagarre
Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Faustkampf
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. γρονθοπατινάδα
Italiano (Italian)
pugilato, scazzottatura
Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - algemas (f pl)
Русский (Russian)
кулачный бой
Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - puñada, puñetazo, golpazo, trompada
Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - knytnävskamp
עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - קרב אגרופים, התאגרפות
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Kt
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:56 am
by Brazilian dude
Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - algemas (f pl)
This one is wrong. Algemas means handcuffs. Equivalent to fisticuffs I can think of would be briga, peleja, pugna, and combate.
Brazilian dude
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:14 am
by Spiff
"Vuistgevecht", I don't know. It exists (I checked it in Van Dale) and the meaning is obvious, but I probably wouldn't use it. Would you, Frank? I prefer the elegantly constructed "handgemeen".
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:23 pm
by tcward
I would expect "vuistgevecht" to be a more literal translation of English "fistfight" -- which is different than fisticuffs when you get down to it.
-Tim
FISTICUFF
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:54 pm
by Dr. Goodword
There are not many words like this in English with the "i" between two constituents of a compound. Another is handiwork. Can anyone think of another? It might be worth doing this one as an excuse to examine its unusual structure.
Re: FISTICUFF
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:44 pm
by Stargzer
There are not many words like this in English with the "i" between two constituents of a compound. Another is handiwork. Can anyone think of another? It might be worth doing this one as an excuse to examine its unusual structure.
Is the "i" just a substitute for the "
y" in "
handy?" (handy-work)
I also found
this:
Imaginary
The archetypal Scotsman, subject of thousands of jokes all around the world. He is a miser, a mean skunk and a fisty person, who never fails to act against common sense just to save a few pennies in the short term.
Fisty, Kentucky, is in the 606 Area Code in the US telephone system.
And from looking in the AHD to see if fisty was related to feisty, I found a different kind of fist --
feist:
PRONUNCIATION: f ī s t
VARIANT FORMS: also fice (f ī s)
NOUN: Chiefly Southern U.S. A small mongrel dog.
ETYMOLOGY: Variant of obsolete fist, short for fisting dog, from Middle English fisting, a blowing, breaking wind, from Old English f ī s t i n g. See
pezd- in Appendix I.
REGIONAL NOTE: Feist, also fice, is one of several regional terms for a small mixed-breed dog. Used throughout the Midland and Southern states, feist connotes a snappy, nervous, belligerent little dog—
hence the derived adjective feisty, meaning “touchy, quarrelsome, or spirited,” applicable to animals and to people. Although feist remains a regional word, feisty has now entered standard usage throughout the United States.
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:49 pm
by Brazilian dude
I can think of artifact.
Brazilian dude