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fisticuffs

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fist⋅i⋅cuff

  [fis-ti-kuhf]
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–noun
1. a cuff or blow with the fist.
2. fisticuffs, combat with the fists.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3. to strike or fight with the fists.
Origin:
1595–1605; earlier fisty cuff. See fist 1 , -y 1 , cuff 2

Related forms:
fist⋅i⋅cuff⋅er, noun
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fist·i·cuffs   (fĭs'tĭ-kŭfs')   
pl.n.  

  1. A fistfight.

  2. The activity of fighting with the fists.


[From fisty cuffs : fisty, with the fists (from fist) + cuff2.]
fist'i·cuff'er n.
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