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slugfest

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slug·fest

   [sluhg-fest]
noun Informal.
1.
a baseball game in which both teams make many runs and extra-base hits.
2.
a boxing bout in which the boxers exchange powerful blows vigorously and aggressively with little care for defense.
3.
an intense conflict or combat.
Origin:
1915–20; slug2 + -fest
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slugfest (ˈslʌɡˌfɛst)
 
—n
1.  a boxing match in which opponents trade heavy blowsany sporting contest between powerful and evenly matched opponents
2.  a boxing match in which opponents trade heavy blowsany sporting contest between powerful and evenly matched opponents

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slugfest definition


  1. n.
    a fight; a festival of slugging. : They went out in the alley for a real slugfest.
  2. n.
    a festival of arguing. : The president emerged from the slugfest with control of the company still hers.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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