单词 | fisticuff |
释义 | fisticuffn. 1. In plural. Blows or fighting with the fists. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > with the fists fisticuffs1600 buffet1675 fist-work1819 fisticuffery1823 fisticuffing1855 knockabout1903 fist-fighting1950 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > with the fist bobeta1400 bobettingc1440 boba1568 nevel1568 fisticuffs1600 bunch1642 condyle1644 poke1690 punch1766 fist1767 plug1798 chuckera1805 polthogue1808 fistera1834 jab1889 bust1893 1600 R. Armin Foole vpon Foole sig. D1v The foole..falles at fisty cuffes with him. 1625 T. Godwin Romanae Historiae Anthologia (new ed.) ii. iii. vi. 92 In this kinde of fight, succeeded fistie-cuffe. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer iv. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. K2/2 To revenge my wrongs at fisty-cuffes. 1731 J. Swift Corr. (1963) 28 Aug. III. 495 My invention and judgment are perpetually at fisticuffs, till they have quite disabled each other. 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 34 Fighting men and lovers of fisty-cuffs. 1858 R. A. Vaughan Ess. & Remains I. 23 The blows..are not mere fisticuffs. 1877 J. A. Symonds Renaissance in Italy v. 243 It now and then happened that the literary gladiators came to actual fisticuffs. 2. attributive quasi-adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [adjective] > types of fight fisticuff1749 up and down1840 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. viii. 56 It is lucky for the Women, that the Seat of Fistycuff-War is not the same with them as among Men. View more context for this quotation 1810 Naval Chron. 24 369 The fistycuffs art. 1848 J. Grant Adventures Aide-de-camp xxxiii Many a fisticuff battle and bicker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). fisticuffv. a. transitive. To strike or cuff with the fists. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the fist boxc1390 punch1530 nevela1572 fist1600 transfisticate1600 fisticuff1653 nubble1673 befist1718 plug1847 to put a head on (also upon)1866 to stick one on1910 1653 tr. S. Przypkowski Dissertatio de Pace i. 4 This writing will be so fisty-cuffed by many. 1885 M. Pattison Mem. 52 He would..have fisticuffed me round the room for my pains. b. intransitive. To fight or spar with the fists. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] threapc1175 disputea1225 thretec1400 varyc1450 fray1465 to fall out1470 to set (or fall) at variancec1522 quarrel1530 square1530 to break a straw1542 to be or to fall at (a) square1545 to fall at jar1552 cowl1556 tuilyie1565 jarl1580 snarl1597 to fall foul1600 to cast out1730 fisticuff1833 spat1848 cagmag1882 rag1889 to part brass-rags1898 hassle1949 blue1955 1833 New Monthly Mag. 37 488 A brace of judges fisticuffing on the bench. Derivatives ˈfisticuffing n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > with the fists fisticuffs1600 buffet1675 fist-work1819 fisticuffery1823 fisticuffing1855 knockabout1903 fist-fighting1950 1855 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 16 Nov. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iv. 399 The miscellaneous assaults and batteries, kickings, fisticuffings..which the inferior officers continually perpetrate. 1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home 196 The keeper himself is not altogether averse to a little fisticuffing. ˈfisticuffer n. a pugilist. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer buffeter1483 pugil1646 cuffer1662 boxer1672 pugilistc1740 setter-to1810 miller1812 sparrer1814 pet1825 pugilistic1827 slogger1829 fist-mate1834 peeler1852 pug1858 scrapper1874 slugger1877 slogster1881 basher1882 fisticuffer1888 ring man1899 ringster1902 pucker1919 1888 Cent. Mag. Feb. 562/1 Every..fisticuffer..had heard of Bob's strength. ˈfistiˌcuffery n. fighting. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > with the fists fisticuffs1600 buffet1675 fist-work1819 fisticuffery1823 fisticuffing1855 knockabout1903 fist-fighting1950 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 527 On the moral propriety of conjugal fistycuffery I had prepared some copious remarks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600v.1653 |
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