Reverse Dictionary: CONTEST

NOUNS
1375 ► contest or contention for the mastery → BARGAIN → obs. exc. Sc.
1375 ► contest, wrangling, struggle, fighting → BARGAINING → Sc. obs.
1400 ► a contest, a fight → LAKE → obs.
1567 ► a contest, encounter, or combat → TILT 
1623 ► a contest, a fight; a battle; the act of fighting; contention, strife → DIMICATION → rare
1635 ► contest, contention, strife; dispute → DECERTATION → obs.
1660 ► a contest, a fight, a tussle; a mauling → YOKING → Sc. obs.
1849 ► a spell or turn; a bout; a contest → TWIST → Ireland rare
1859 ► a contest or match; a shooting-match → BANTER → Amer. dial.
1872 ► a fit of temper; an outburst of passion; a contest, dispute, strife → MOOR-BURN → Sc.
1890 ► a repetition of a contest → RETURN BOUT → Eng. dial.
1891 ► a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match → MEXICAN STANDOFF → Amer. dial.
20C ► the odds-on-favourite in a sporting contest → ODDS-ON → Aust. sl.
1943 ► a contest, a tug of war → PUSH-AND-PULL
1967 ► a close contest; something just about equal → HAIRLASH → Amer. dial.
1971 ► a very close contest → NAIL-BITER → Amer. sl.
1990 ► a bitter contest or confrontation → SMACKDOWN → colloq., orig. & chiefly US

NOUNS, PERSON
1687 ► a person engaged in a contest, dispute, or struggle; a main character in a drama or course of events, a protagonist AGONIST 
1914 ► a leading contestant; the contestant most likely to succeed → FRONT RUNNER → orig. US
1997 ► a game show contestant who becomes immobile and speechless in front of the camera → BAMBI → game show usage (Bk.)

VERBS
1489 ► to contest, to dispute; to contend or fight for; to carry on a fight or quarrel → DEBATE → arch.
1588 ► to engage in a contest; to combat, to contend with; to strike or thrust at with a weapon → TILT