English Dictionary

fisticuffs

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɪs.tɪ.kʌfs/

名詞

活用形 複数形 複数形のみ くだけた表現 古風

plural of fisticuff / (plural only, informal) An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.

日本語の意味

素手で行う殴り合い、特に2人の間で起こる即席の喧嘩

After minutes of shouting, the argument escalated into fisticuffs behind the bar.

数分間の口論の後、言い争いはバーの裏で殴り合いに発展した。

意味（1）

plural of fisticuff

意味（2）

(plural only, informal) An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.

So he obſerves that all ſimple Governments are apt to ſome evil that is peculiar and conſequential to their Nature, as he inſtanceth in a Kingdom changed into Monarchy abſolute, by which he means that which we now call Tyranny; Ariſtocracy into Oligarchy, and Democracy into Beſtial Chirocracy, when the Seditious of people prevail more by Fiſticuffs than reaſon: […]

意味（3）

(plural only, sports, dated) Bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing done without boxing gloves or similar padding.

In his college days of athletic exercises, Mr. Crisparkle had known professors of the Noble Art of fisticuffs, […]