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Word: Fisticuffs
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: probably from obsolete fisty ‘relating to the fists or to fist fighting’ + cuff
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfɪstɪkʌfs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
fighting with the fists
Short Definition:fighting with fists
Examples:- the result was an outbreak of fisticuffs
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