fighting

Noun · Adjective

Synonyms: fight combat scrap active combat-ready fighting(a)

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle“a fight broke out at the hockey game”“there was fighting in the streets”“the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap”Synonyms: fight combat scrap

Adjective (1)

engaged in or ready for military or naval operations“on active duty”“the platoon is combat-ready”“review the fighting forces”Synonyms: active combat-ready fighting(a)

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fight \Fight\ (f[imac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought (f[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting.] [OE. fihten, fehten, AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw. f[aum]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare to fight, pugnus fist.]

1.To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against. [1913 Webster]

You do fight against your country's foes.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance. [1913 Webster]

To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach. [1913 Webster]

Fighting \Fight"ing\, a.

1.Qualified for war; fit for battle. [1913 Webster]

An host of fighting men.— 2 Chron. xxvi. 11.[1913 Webster]

2.Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [Colloq.]

Fighting crab (Zool.), the fiddler crab.

Fighting fish (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights. [1913 Webster]