slugfest
pronunciation
How to pronounce slugfest in British English:
UK ['slʌɡfest]
How to pronounce slugfest in American English:
US ['slʌɡfest]
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- Noun:
- a fight with bare fists
Word Origin
- slugfest (n.)
- 1910, originally in reference to baseball, from slug (n.3) + -fest.
Example
- 1. The governor was soon in the sort of slow slugfest his foes excelled at .
- 2. Neither man will back down ! It 's a slugfest , folks !
- 3. This one is a genuine slugfest with plenty of tank batlles .
- 4. The annual oxford-cambridge boat race is much the same : a slugfest between predominantly non-british mercenaries .