struggle; belligerency; opposition &c 708.
controversy, polemics; debate &c (discussion) 476; war of words,
logomachy†, litigation; paper war; high words &c (quarrel) 713; sparring
&c v.. competition, rivalry; corrivalry†, corrivalship†, agonism†,
concours†, match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase, handicap;
regatta; field day; sham fight, Derby day; turf, sporting, bullfight,
tauromachy†, gymkhana†; boat race, torpids†.
wrestling, greco-roman wrestling; pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs,
the manly art of self-defense; spar, mill, set-to, round, bout, event,
prize fighting; quarterstaff, single stick; gladiatorship†, gymnastics;
jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti†, sumo; athletics, athletic sports; games of
skill &c 840.
shindy†; fracas &c (discord) 713; clash of arms; tussle, scuffle,
broil, fray; affray, affrayment†; velitation†; colluctation†, luctation†;
brabble†, brigue†, scramble, melee, scrimmage, stramash†, bushfighting†.
free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight.
conflict, skirmish; rencounter†, encounter; rencontre†, collision,
affair, brush, fight; battle, battle royal; combat, action, engagement,
joust, tournament; tilt, tilting [Mediev.]; tournay†, list; pitched
battle.
death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death
struggle, Armageddon†.
hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war.
naval engagement, naumachia†, sea fight.
duel, duello [It]; single combat, monomachy†, satisfaction, passage
d'armes [Fr.], passage of arms, affair of honor; triangular duel;
hostile meeting, digladiation†; deeds of arms, feats of arms; appeal to
arms &c (warfare) 722.
pugnacity; combativeness &c adj.; bone of contention &c 713.
V. contend; contest, strive, struggle, scramble, wrestle; spar, square;
exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs; fib†, justle†, tussle, tilt, box,
stave, fence; skirmish; pickeer†; fight &c (war) 722; wrangle &c
(quarrel) 713.
contend with &c, grapple with, engage with, close with, buckle
with, bandy with, try conclusions with, have a brush &c n.. with, tilt
with; encounter, fall foul of, pitch into, clapperclaw†, run a tilt at;
oppose &c 708; reluct.
join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the
scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand; take up the
cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet; enter the lists;
couch one's lance; give satisfaction; appeal to arms; &c (warfare) 722.
lay about one; break the peace.
compete with, cope with, vie with, race with; outvie†, emulate,
rival; run a race; contend for &c, stipulate for, stickle for; insist
upon, make a point of.
Adj. contending &c v.; together by the ears, at loggerheads.
at war.
at issue.
competitive, rival; belligerent; contentious, combative,
bellicose, unpeaceful†; warlike &c 722; quarrelsome &c 901; pugnacious;
pugilistic, gladiatorial; palestric†, palestrical†.
Phr. a verbis ad verbera [Lat.]; a word and a blow; a very pretty
quarrel as it stands [Sheridan]; commune periculum concordiam parit
[Lat.]; lis litem generat [Lat.].