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dog⋅fight

  [dawg-fahyt, dog-] noun, verb, -fought, -fight⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a violent fight between dogs.
2. a fight between warring fighter planes.
3. any rough-and-tumble physical battle.
–verb (used with object)
4. to engage in a dogfight with.
–verb (used without object)
5. to engage in a dogfight.
Origin:
1650–60; 1915 for def. 2; dog + fight
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Dogfight Videos
Experience Epic Dog Fights That Changed the Face of Aerial History.
History.com/DogFights
dog·fight   (dôg'fīt', dŏg'-)   
n.  

    1. A violent fight between or as if between dogs.

    2. An illegal, organized fight between dogs, arranged for spectator entertainment and betting.

  2. An aerial battle between fighter planes.

v.   dog·fought, dog·fight·ing, dog·fights

v.   intr.

  1. To arrange illegal dogfights.

  2. To engage in a dogfight.

v.   tr.
To engage in a dogfight with.
dog'fight'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

dogfight 
"aerial combat," World War I air forces slang, from earlier meaning "riotous brawl" (1880s); from dog (n.) + fight.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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