dogfight
pronunciation
How to pronounce dogfight in British English:
UK [ˈdɒgfaɪt]
How to pronounce dogfight in American English:
US [ˈdɔgfaɪt]
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- Noun:
- a fiercly disputed contest
- an aerial engagement between fighter planes
- a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)
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- Verb:
- arrange for an illegal dogfight
- engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane
Word Origin
- dogfight (n.)
- "aerial combat," World War I air forces slang, from earlier meaning "riotous brawl" (1880s); from dog (n.) + fight (n.). The literal sense of "a fight among or between dogs" is from 1650s.
Example
- 1. Today 's phoney war could quickly turn into a real dogfight .
- 2. Anything in nigeria to do with oil invariably becomes a political dogfight .
- 3. Back in the 1980s , uk banks engaged in a dogfight for customers which resulted in free banking for all .
- 4. Mozi also opposed to the kind of fighting over the city wins dogfight ershi people have been a disaster .
- 5. Several male students pulled back into the flower of grass production of female students in neck , female students not resigned to playing second fiddle , also threw a male classmate , for a time the formation of a dogfight .