Reverse Dictionary: FIGHT

ADJECTIVES
► AT BATE at strife, contending, fighting → a1500 obs.
► AT CUFFS fighting → 1669
► AT IT fighting → E17 sl.
► AT SWORDS DRAWN at the point of fighting or quarrelling; in a state of open hostility → 1890
► BATTAILANT engaged in battle; prepared for battle; combatant, warlike, fighting → 1591 obs.
► BATTAILLEROUS fond of fighting, warlike → c1480 obs.
► BATTAILOUS fond of fighting; ready or eager for battle; warlike, bellicose, pugnacious → c1380 arch.
► BATTLESOME given to fighting, quarrelsome → 1877
► DING-DONG of a fight, competition, etc: hard fought → 1924 Aust. sl.
► FAIR of a gang fight: without weapons → 1965 US sl.
► FIGHTABLE disposed to fight → 1935 Amer. dial.
► FIGHTIFIED inclined to fight; easily angered → 1952 Amer. dial.
► FIGHTING likely to provoke a fight → 1875 Amer. dial.
► FIGHTINGEST most likely or eager to fight → 1871 Amer. dial.
► FIGHTY inclined or eager to fight; easily angered, bad-tempered; pugnacious → 1927 Amer. dial.
► FIGHTYFIED inclined to fight; easily angered → 1952 Amer. dial.
► OF-FOUGHT exhausted with fighting → c1320 obs.
► ON of a fight or dispute: begun in earnest → 1945 Aust. sl.
► ON THE COBBLES looking for a fight → 1950s sl.
► ON THE MUSCLE keen or spoiling for a fight; belligerent → 1859 US sl.
► PUGILANT pugnacious, fighting → L19
► PUGNACIOUS inclined to quarrel or fight; readily quarrelsome; belligerent, contentious → 1635
► SCRAPPY inclined to fight → 1895 Amer. sl.
► SIT-DOWN of a fight: determined, hard → 1853
► TEARING-DOWN of a fight: vigorous → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WAR-FAIN eager to fight → 1876
► WARLIKE equipped for fighting or for war → c1420 obs.
► WARM of fighting, conflict, an onset: vigorously conducted; pressing hard on or harassing the foe; of a combatant: dangerous to tackle; of a locality: dangerous to live in, inhabited by turbulent spirits → 1627

ADVERBS
► IN MANGLE in a confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle → a1300 obs.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
​► EXCUSE ME WHILE I WHIP THIS OUT one’s last words before commencing a fight → 1970s African-American teen sl.
► FAIR FIGHT! cry of onlookers adjuring the use of fists only, no weapons → 1942 Amer. dial.
► FIST AND SKULL of a fight: bare-fished, without weapons → 1832 Amer. dial.
► IT’S GONNA BE ME AND YOU an invitation to start fighting → 1940s African-American sl.
► LEAP AND YOU WILL RECEIVE a ritual challenge to a fight → 1970s African-American sl.
► ON THE MUSS looking for a fight, acting provocatively → 1863 US sl.
► PICK NO SQUARES don’t fight → 1998 teen sl. (Bk.)
► PUT UP YOUR DOOKS! a challenge to a fisticuff fight → 1874 sl.

NOUNS
► AFTERS a further fighting after a fight appears to have ended → 1974 UK sl.
► AGON a painful struggle, esp. a psychological one; a conflict, fight, competition → 1649
► BACK-HAIRING fighting among women → 1900s sl.
► BALLYRAG a free fight in jest → 1898 sl. (Bk.)
► BARGAIN contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle; controversy → 1375 obs. exc. Sc.
► BARGAINING wrangling, contest, struggle, fighting → 1375 Sc. obs.
► BARRAT contention, strife, quarrel, fighting → c1300 obs.
► BATTLE ROYAL a fight in which several combatants engage; hence, a general squabble → 1672
► BEAT-DOWN a fight; a beating → 1980s African-American sl.
► BEEF a fight → 2003 UK sl.
► BICKER a skirmish, encounter, fight; an exchange of blows; skirmishing → 1297
► BIFFO a fighting, a fight → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BIRST difficulty, emergency; an attack, a battle, a fight → 1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BITCH an argument or fight; a disagreement or quarrel → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BLUE an argument, a quarrel, a fight, a brawl → 1943 Aust. & NZ sl.
► BONES-BREAKING a fight; a bloody quarrel → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOURD an encounter, a fight → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOVVER trouble, fighting, violent behaviour, esp. when associated with skinhead culture → 1969 UK sl.
► BOWL-OVER a fight, a brawl → 20C Aust. sl.
► BOX-ON a dispute; a fight → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BRANNIGAN ► BRONNIGAN a disagreement or fight → 1940 Amer. dial.
► BUNDLE a fight, a scrap → 1936 sl.
► BUNFIGHT a scrap or row between a group of people, especially a petty fight → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► CAMP martial contest, combat, fight, battle, war → c1000 obs.
► CAMPING contending, fighting → 1549 obs.
► CARVE-UP a fight; a battle; a gang war → 1961 UK sl.
► CATFIGHT a fight between two women → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CATOUSE a rumpus, row, disturbance, fight → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CHIROMACHY a hand-to-hand fight → 1659 obs.
► CLAPPERCLAWING a fight, a beating; a tirade → 1834 Amer. dial.
► COME-ALL-YOU a commotion, a to-do. a fist fight; a free-for-all → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CONFLAB a fight; a disagreement, a quarrel → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CORN SQUABBLE a fight → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CRASH a bout of revelry, amusement, fighting, etc. → 1549 obs.
► DANCE a fight between rival gangs → 1940s Amer. street gang sl.
► DEBATE physical strife, fight, conflict, struggle → a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DIGLADIATION fighting with swords or hand-to-hand → arch.
► DIMICATION the act of fighting; a fight, battle, contest; contention, strife → 1623
► DOMESTIC an argument or fight between a couple who live together → 1970s sl.
► DONNYBROOK a fight or brawl; a quarrel; a noisy, disorderly scene or gathering → 1915 Amer. dial.
► DUOMACHY a fight of two; single combat → 1885
► DUST-UP a fight or brawl; a quarrel, a disturbance → 1897 colloq.
► DYNA ► DYNAMITE a fight → 1992 Cockney rhyming sl.
► FACE-UP a gang-fight, including single-person combat → 1958 US sl.
► FACING-UP a gang-fight, including single-person combat → 1968 US sl.
► FAIR FIGHT a fight between members of rival gangs in which weapons or at least lethal weapons are forbidden → 1950 US sl.
► FAIR FIST AND SKULL ► FAIR FIST AND SKULL FIGHT a fight without weapons → 1908 Amer. dial.
► FAIR GO a fair fight → 1934 sl.
► FAIR ONE a (street gang) fight conducted under some sort of mutually recognized rules and possibly preceded by a verbal argument → 1955 UK & US gang sl.
► FARE a proceeding, action; ‘doings’; hence, fighting → 1340 obs.
► FAUCHT ► FAUGHT a fight, a struggle, trouble, exertion → 1721 Sc. obs.
► FELL-DOWN a fight, a struggle → 1796 Sc.
► FISH-FIGHT a fight between females → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FIST CITY an imaginary place where disputes are settled by fistfights→ 1936 Amer. dial.
► FIST-TO-CUFF FIGHT a fist fight with several people in it → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FLABBLE a fight → 1978 Amer. dial.
► FLARE-OUT ► FLARE-UP a fight; an outburst of temper → 1838 sl.
► FRATCH a fight → 2012 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAGEMENT an engagement, a fight → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GALLY-GANDER a fight with knives → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GANGBANG a fight between youth gangs → 1967 US sl.
► GRASS FIGHT a bare-knuckle fight with few or no restrictions or regulations → 1904 Aust.
► HABBLE a quarrel, a squabble, a fight → 1818 Sc.
► HACK AND SWEEP a tumult, an uproar; a fight; a commotion → 1902 Sc.
► HAIR a hair-pulling fight between women → 20C Irish sl.
► HAND-ADVENTURE a single-handed contest → 1649 obs.
► HANDICUFFS ► HANDY-CUFFS blows with the hands; fighting hand to hand → 1701
► HANDY-FIGHT a hand-to-hand fight → 1601 obs.
► HANDY-PUNGY a fight with the fists → 19C Eng. dial.
► HANTLE a tussle, a hand to hand fight; a scuffle; as much as one can manage → 1868 Eng. dial.
► HEY RUBE a fight, orig. between circus workers and the general public → 1935 sl., orig. US
► HOEDOWN a riotous fight; a brawl → 1950s US sl.
► HOOLEY a dispute, a fight or a riot → 1966 sl.
► HUMBUG a fight, esp. between youth gangs → 1962 US sl.
► IRISH BRAWL a brawl; a fist fight with several people in it → 1965 Amer. dial.
► IRISH FAIR a brawl; a fist fight with several people in it → 1965 Amer. dial.
► IRISH FIGHT a brawl; a fist fight with several people in it → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JIM BRANNIGAN a disagreement or fight → 1967 Amer. dial.
► KICKUP a fight or argument; a row; a disturbance → 1843 Amer. dial.
► KNOCK-DOWN a vicious fight in which one participant is knocked unconscious; thus, an acrimonious but non-violent dispute → E19 sl., orig. US
► KNOCK-DOWN AND DRAG-OUT ► KNOCK-DOWN DRAG-OUT  a rough-and-tumble fight; a free-for-all; an acrimonious, but non-violent dispute → 1827 colloq.
► KNUCKLE JUNCTION fisticuffs → 1994 US sl.
► LAKE a fight, a contest → c1400 obs.
► LEFT AND RIGHT a fight → L19 Brit. rhyming sl.
► MALLETING BOUT a fist-fight → 1823 sl.
► MALVADERING ► MILVADERING a fight with the fists, a beating → 1821 Sc.
► MARTELAISE a fighting with ‘martels’; a hammering → c1450 obs.
► MILL a boys’ fight; a scrimmage → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MIX a fight, a brawl → M19 US sl.
► MIX-UP a fist-fight; a brawl → 1894 Amer. sl.
► MUSH a fight → 2000s sl.
► MUSS a fight, a dispute, a commotion → 1829 US sl.
► NICKLE a fight, as of dogs; a squabble, a heated argument → 1964 Sc. 
► OFF a fight → 1990s UK criminals’ sl.
► OPEN GO a fair fight → 20C Aust. sl.
► OSTOMACHY a playing or fighting with bones → 1656 obs.
► OUT-AND-OUT a brawl, a fistfight → 1899 US sl.
► OUT-AND-OUTER a brawl, a fistfight → 1899 US sl.
► PADDY-ROW a fight that entails more verbal than physical aggression → E19 sl.
► PAGGA ► PAGGER a fight → 1990s Sc. sl.
► PALAVER an argument, a fight → 1980s Black British usage
► PANNY a fight between two or more women → L19 sl.
► PUGNACITY the condition or character of being pugnacious; inclination to fight; quarrelsomeness → E17
► PUNCH-OUT a fistfight or brawl → sl.
► PUNCH-UP a fistfight or brawl → 1955 sl.
► PUSH-BATTLE a fight, a set-to → 1843
► PYGMACHY a fighting with clubs → 1656 obs.
► RACKET a quarrel, fight, altercation; a disturbance → 1934 Amer. dial.
► RAG anything physically energetic, a party, a fight, a battle → 1910s sl.
► RAGE an act of violence; a fight → c1330 obs.
► RAMMY a general fight; a brawl; a scuffle; a violent disturbance or commotion; a noisy argument; a row; a bustling crowd → 1935 Sc. sl.
► READ AND WRITE a fight → 1857 rhyming sl.
► RIPPET a noisy disturbance, dispute, or fight → 1870 Amer. dial.
► ROMP a fight → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► ROUGH HOUSE fighting; a fight, a brawl → 1887 sl.
► ROUGH-UP fighting; a fight, a brawl → 1891 sl.
► RUCKUS ► RUKUS fighting; a fight, a brawl → 1890 sl., chiefly US
► RUMBLE a fight, esp. a gang fight → 1946 sl., chiefly US
► RUN-IN a clash, fight, or similar confrontation; an argument or quarrel → 1894 colloq.
► RUSH a fight or other contest of strength between first and second year students → 1851 US students’ sl.
► SCALP-SPLITTING a fight → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCAT-TO a fight, a quarrel → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRABBLE a rough and tumble fight → 1794 Amer.
► SCRAG FIGHT a fight between two women, usually physical → 2012 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► SCRAP a fight; a quarrel → 1846 Amer. sl.
► SCRIMMAGE a skirmish; a scramble; an altercation, a fight → 1902 Amer. dial.
► SCRIMMISH a bout of unplanned fighting, esp. between small groups of soldiers from opposing armies; a minor battle; a skirmish → 1523
► SET-TO fighting; a fight, a brawl → 1816 sl.
► SKELETON ARMY street-fighters → L19 sl.
► SKIN fist-fighting → 1957 US sl.
► SKIN FIGHTING a fight between members of rival gangs in which weapons or at least lethal weapons are forbidden → 1967 US sl.
► SKIRMERY skirmishing, fighting, fencing → c1450 obs.
► SORT-OUT. fighting; a fight, a brawl → 1937 sl.
► SPILLAGE of a fight: relates to blood loss when someone is cut by whatever means, as in ‘spilled blood’ → c1980s playground sl.
► STOUCH ► STOUSH a fight; fighting; a brawl → 1893 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SWORD-PLAY fight, battle → a1000 obs.
► SYMMACHY a joining in war against a common enemy; aid in war; an alliance to fight together against something → 1623
► TAKE-ON a fight, usually with the fists → 1920s Aust. sl.
► TANGLE a fight → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► THUMP-UP a punch-up, a fight → 1967 sl.
► TIFFLE a scuffle, a tussle, a fight → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIFTER a fit of bad temper or ill-humour; a quarrel; a fight → 1877 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TITANOMACHY the warfare of the Titans → 1887
► TURN-IN a fight → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TURN-TO a fight; an argument → 1893 obs.
► TURN-UP a fight, a set-to, esp. with the fists; a tussle, a struggle; a disturbance, a row → 1827
► UP-AND-A-DOWNER ► UP-AND-DOWNER ► UPPER AND DOWNER a fight; a brawl → 1927 sl.
► VELITATION a slight or preliminary engagement with an enemy; a skirmish; a fight or scuffle → 1616
► WAGE a challenge or engagement to fight → c1400 obs.
► WAGE OF BATTLE a challenge or engagement to fight → 1523 obs.
► WARM WORK hot fighting → 1760
► WIGS ON THE GREEN an all-out fight, a donnybrook → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WILD-OUT a gang fight → 1999 US sl.
► YIKE an argument, a dispute, a fight, a brawl → 1930s Aust. sl.
► YOKING a contest, a fight, a tussle; a mauling → 1660 Sc. obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAD ACTOR a person who is always fighting, quarrelling, or doing bad things → 2004 Amer. colloq.  (Bk.)
► BARETOUR a fighting man, a brawler → 1914 obs. (Bk.)
► BARGANER a fighter; a bully → 1825 Sc.
► BARKWELL AND HOLDFAST someone who will back their words with deeds; a formidable fighter → 1834 US sl.
► BARRATER ► BARRATOR one who fights; esp. a hired bully → a1400 obs.
► BARRATRESS a female fighter, an amazon, a virago → 1583 obs.
► BASH ARTIST a person prone to fighting → 1998 NZ sl.
► BATTERED BULLY an old well-cudgelled and bruised huffing fellow; a man who has been in a few fights → 1680 UK sl.
► BATTLER one who battles or fights; a warrior, a fighter → c1300
► BETER a fighter → 1795 obs. (Bk.)
► BLUE HEN’S CHICK ► BLUE HEN’S CHICKEN a good fighter; a person with spirit or pluck → 1799 Amer. dial.
► BONNIE FIGHTER an intrepid fighter, often applied to a zealot, a disputatious person → 1886 Sc.
► CAMPION one who fights in single combat as a trial of strength or bravery, or to decide a judicial question; a gladiator, pugilist, or professional fighter; a combatant → c1320 obs.
► COGGER a fighter → 19C Eng. dial.
► CUFFER one who cuffs; a boxer, fighter → 1662
► DIGLADIATOR a person who contends or fights → 1803 literary usage, obs.
► DUKER a person inclined to fight → 1979 US sl.
► EARTHQUAKE a powerful or invincible fighter → 1845 US sl.
► EG-BATTLE a person who urges on others to quarrel and fight → 1875 Eng. dial.
► FIGHTIST a fighter → 1877 jocular colloq.
► GLADIATHOR a fine fellow; a roisterer; a fighter, a boastful, quarrelsome fellow; a keeper, one set to watch over anything → 1889 Ireland
► GRASS FIGHTER a person who fights bare-knuckle with few or no restrictions or regulations → 1909 Aust.
► GUT-FIGHTER an aggressive, usually undisciplined fighter who delivers rapid powerful punches to the abdomen → 1958 Amer. sl.
► HACKUM a fighting fellow → 1737  (Bk.)
► HAM an incompetent boxer or fighter → 1888 US sl.
► HARD MORRIS a tough fighter → 1960 W. Indies sl.
► HECKLER a good fighter; one who chastises → 1824 Sc.
► JABBER anyone who is prone to fighting → 1910s sl.
► KEMPER a prize-fighter, a professional fighter → 1721 Sc.
► KEMPERY-MAN a prize-fighter, a professional fighter → a1765 obs.
► MONOMACHIST one who fights in single combat; a duellist → 1828
► MORGAN RATTLER a hard or reckless fighter; a good boxer → 1890 Eng. dial.
► MUSSER a person who picks fights → 1904 US sl.
► OILER a person who regularly gets involved in fights → 1944 African-American sl.
► SQUARER one who squares his elbows for fighting, a sparrer → 1850 Sc.
► WAR-HAWK one who is eager for the fray → 1798 US

PHRASES
► MUD FLIES, THE a fight is taking place; disparaging or malicious allegations are made; antagonism is rife → 1871

VERBS
► ADPUGN ► ADPUGNE to fight against → 1626 obs.
► AGAIN-FIGHT to fight against → a1000 obs.
► BANDY to contend, to strive, to fight → 1588
► BANG IT ABOUT to come to blows, to fight it out → c1600 obs.
► BANG IT OUT to come to blows, to fight it out → 1622 obs.
► BARGAIN to contend, to strive, to struggle, to fight → 1375 Sc. obs.
► BARRACK to brag, to be boastful of one’s fighting powers → 1898 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► BATE to contend, to quarrel, to fight, to strive with blows or arguments → a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BEAT to exchange blows; to fight → 1586 obs.
► BEAT A DJE to be in the mood for a physical fight or verbal confrontation, esp. one that will last for several days → 20C W. Indies sl.
► BEAT DOWN to fight, to beat up, to defeat severely → 1980s African-American sl.
► BEAT THE AIR to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts → c1375
► BEAT THE WATER to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts → 1579 obs.
► BEAT THE WIND to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts → 1815
► BEFIGHT 1. to deprive of by fighting → c1000 obs.
2. to fight against, to do battle with → 1474 obs.
► BE INTO A MAN to pitch into him; to fight him → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► BICKER to skirmish, to exchange blows, to fight → 1330
► BLUE to argue or fight; to become angry → 1955 Aust. & NZ sl.
► BOG-SCLENT to avoid fighting; to abscond on the day of battle → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOK to fight → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOOT UP to get ready to fight → 1998 African-American sl.
► BOX to fight with fists → 1581
► BOX ON to argue; to fight → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BRING ASS TO KISS ASS to have the courage needed to fight someone → 1990 US sl.
► BRISTLE UP TO to show one’s willingness to fight → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BUG to fight → 1945 Amer. dial.
► BULLY-FIGHT to engage in a form of hand-to-hand combat for the purpose of determining which of two contestants is stronger → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BUSTLE IT OUT to fight it out → 1670 obs.
► CALL ► CALL OUT to challenge to a fight → L19 sl.
► CAMP to fight; to contend in battle → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► COME DOWN ON to fight; to confront; to assault → 1972 African American
► COME TO HANDGRIPS to come to close combat → 1571
► COME TO HANDSTROKES ► COME TO HANDY STROKES to come to blows or hand-to-hand fighting → 1548 obs.
► CROSS ASSHOLES to fight; to argue → 1975 Amer. sl.
► CUFF to vanquish in fight, to defeat → a1657 obs.
► CUT A DUEL to fight with knives → 1942 Amer. dial.
► DEAK to fight → 19C Eng. dial.  
► DEAL to contend or fight about → c1205 obs.
► DEBATE 1. to fight, to contend, to strive, to quarrel, to wrangle → c1340 obs.
2. to contest, to dispute; to contend or fight for; to carry on a fight or quarrel → c1489 arch.
► DIGLADIATE to ‘cross swords’; to fight, to contend, to quarrel; to dispute violently → a1656 obs.
► DIMICATE to fight, to contend, to skirmish → 1656 obs.
► DISH IT OUT to fight with forceful hitting → 1930 sl., orig. US
► DUKE to fight with fists → 1935 US sl.
► DUKE IT OUT to have a fistfight → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FALL FORTH to quarrel, to fight → 1607 obs.
► FALL OUT to engage in a fight → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► FALL TOGETHER BY THE EARS said of animals fighting; hence of persons: to engage in a fight or scuffle; to fight and scratch each other; to contend in strife; to be at variance, to quarrel → 1539 obs.
► FALL TO LOGGERHEADS to come into conflict, to argue, to come to blows, to fight → 1828 Amer. dial.
► FANG AWAY to attack violently, to fight → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FEATHER INTO to attack vigorously; to fight → 1917 Amer. dial.
► FEATHER UP to bristle, to prepare to fight → 1935 Amer. dial.
► FEZZON to seize fiercely; to grapple with, to fight → 1790 Eng. dial.
► FIGHT DOG, FIGHT BEAR to fight till one or other of two adversaries is overcome → a1642
► FIGHT DOG, FIGHT BONE to fight like dogs over a bone → 1844 Sc.
► FIGHT UP AND DOWN to fight with hands and feet → 1884 Eng. dial.
► FIRE ON ► FIRE UP to strike, to hit, to fight with → 1972 Amer. dial.
► FISTICATE to fight with fists, to box; to quarrel; to meddle → 1819 Amer. dial.
► FOP FOPS to have a fistfight → 2000s US prison sl.
► FRAB to struggle, fight; to argue, contend → 1868 Eng. dial.
► GALLIER to fight; to drive away with blows → 1851 Eng. dial.
► GET CHEST to look for a fight → 1900s sl.
► GET DOWN to fight → 1970 African-American sl.
► GET SOME WRECK to pick a fight; to engage in a physical altercation → 2011 US sl.
► GO BY THE EARS to start fighting; to set on one another → 1716 Sc. obs.
► GO SOCIAL to stop fighting → 1960s Amer. sl.
► GO THE KNUCKLE to fight → 1944 Aust. sl.
► GO TO LOGGERHEADS to come into conflict, to argue, to come to blows, to fight → 1755 Amer. dial.
► GUN UP to prepare to fight, either with fists or weapons → 1981 US sl.
► HANG ONE ON to hit someone, to have a fight → 1908 sl.
► HECKLE to fight; to flog → 1895 Eng. dial.
► HITCH to fight, to tangle → 1874 Amer. sl.
► HOLD SOMEONE’S COAT to stand back and let other’s fight → 1940s US sl.
► HOOK to fight → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HUMBUG to fight → 1968 US sl.
► I-WIN to struggle, to contend, to fight → 971 obs.
► JACK ► JACK OUT to fight → 1970 Amer. dial.
► KEMP to fight or contend in battle with another → a1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► KICK UP A MUSS to start a fight, to cause a commotion → 1862 sl.
► KNOCK DOWN AND DRAG OUT to fight violently → 1834 colloq.
► KNUCKLE UP to fight → 1968 US sl.
► LACE UP YOUR BOOTS to prepare for a fight → 1998 US sl.
► LAKE to exert oneself, to move quickly, to leap, to spring; hence, to fight → a1000 obs.
► LEFT AND RIGHT a fight → L19 Brit. rhyming sl.
► LOCK ASSES to fight, to argue, to brawl → 1953 Amer. sl.
► LOCK ASSHOLES to fight; to argue → 1975 Amer. sl.
► LOCK HORNS to come into conflict, to disagree, to fight; to engage in an argument or quarrel with another → 1836 Amer. dial.
► MAKE A MUSS to start a fight, to cause a commotion → 1829 sl.
► MAKE A TOUSE to make a row, or fight → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MAKE THE FUR FLY to cause serious trouble; to cause a fight or a bad argument; to create an uproar or disturbance → 1834 sl.
► MATCH to meet in combat, to fight with → a1400 obs.
► MEDDLE to fight; to fight with → 1937 Amer. dial.
► MIX to fight; to come to blows → L19 US sl.
► MIX IN to start or join in a fight → 1912 sl.
► MIX IT to fight → 1900 sl.
► MUG to strike a person in the face; to fight; to beat up; to assault; to strangle → 1818 sl., orig. boxing usage
► MULLER to roundly beat the opposition in a physical fight → 1997 Brit. sl.
► MUSS 1. to fight → 1851 US obs.
2. to pick a fight → 1949 US sl.
► MUZZLE to fight, to thrash → 1859 sl. (Bk.)
► OFFER OUT to challenge anyone to fight → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OPEN THE BALL to start a fight → 1854 US sl.
► PAGGER to fight → 1990s Sc. sl.
► PAIK AT to fight with → 1876 Eng. dial.
► PAN to strike, to fight a person → c1930 UK sl.
► PAY AWAY to fight manfully → 1784 sl., chiefly nautical
► PUG to fight → 1994 US sl.
► PUSH FIRE to urge others into a fight, with no intention of participating oneself → 20C W. Indies sl.
► PUT ON A SLAB to fight in private to settle a score → 20C prison sl.
► PUT ONE’S BONES UP to get ready to fight → L19 sl.
► PUT UP ONE’S FORKS to get ready to fight → L19 sl.
► PUT UP THE DOOKS to prepare to fight → M19 sl.
► RAG to fight; to beat up → 1910s sl.
► RAISE A MUSS to start a fight, to cause a commotion → 1848 sl.
► RAISE SAND to fight → 1980s US criminals’ sl.
► RAISE UP to prepare oneself, such as for a fight → 1990s African-American sl.
► READ AND WRITE to fight → 1857 rhyming sl.
► ROMP to fight or quarrel with someone → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► ROUGH HOUSE to fight → 1900 sl., orig. US
► RUMBLE to fight, esp. to take part in a gang-fight → 1959 sl., chiefly US
► SCART ONE’S BUTTONS to challenge to a fight → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRAP to fight → 1874 sl.
► SCRAPE ONE’S BUTTONS to challenge one to a fight → 1896 Eng. dial.
► SHOW HACKLE to be willing to fight → M19 sl.
► SKIRM to engage with one in fight → c1400 obs.
► SLUG IT OUT to fight relentlessly → 1943 sl.
► SMITE to deal a blow; to strike; to fight → a1000 arch.
► SQUARE UP TO SOMEONE. to prepare to fight with someone → 1827 sl.
► STACK ON A BLUE to begin a fight → 1944 Aust. sl.
► STACK YOUR DRAPERY to put your coat on the ground before a fight → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► STAND A GALLIER to fight → 1790 Eng. dial.
► STEAM IN to engage in an activity, esp. fighting, with absolute commitment → 1961 UK sl.
► STOUCH ► STOUSH to punch or strike; to thrash or beat a person; to fight → 1893 Aust. & NZ sl.
► TAKE IT IN THE BLIND to fight in private in order to settle a score → 20C US prison sl.
► TAKE IT TO THE SQUARE to call out for a fight → 2000s US prison sl.
► TAKE OFF ONE’S COAT to challenge someone to a fight → L19 sl.
► TAKE ON to start a quarrel or fight with → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TAKE UP to oppose, to fight with → 1597 obs.
► TANGLE to fight → 1928 sl., orig. US
► TANGLE ASS to fight → 1920s US sl.
► TANGLE ASSHOLES to fight, to brawl → 1920s US sl.
► TANGLE HOLES to fight, to brawl → 1929 US sl.
► TANGLE WITH to fight with → 1910s sl.
► TAP OUT in a fight: to give in, to surrender by indicating with a tap on the ground → 1970s Aust. sl.
► THROW DOWN to fight → 1991 African-American sl.
► TOIL o contend in a lawsuit or an argument; to dispute, to argue; also, to contend in battle; to fight, to struggle → c1330 obs.
► TOP to fight, to struggle, to strive → c1305 obs.
► TUILYIE ► TULIE ► TULYIE to quarrel, to fight, to contend → 1565 Sc.
► WAIL to criticize; to fight → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► WASH OFF THE WAR-PAINT to get over an angry spell; to back down from a fight → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► WHIP ONE’S WEIGHT IN WILDCATS to fight vigorously; to be fit and strong → 1828 US colloq.
► YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute → 1775 Sc.