fisticuff

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fistfight. rare
    — Every fifteen or twenty minutes there was a rush to some part, to witness a fisticuff.
  2. A cuff or blow administered with the fist. obsolete
    — The apprenticeship of the Prussian Crown Princes has always consisted in receiving fisticuffs and cowhidings from their progenitor, the king.
动词 v.
  1. To engage in a physical fight. humorous
    — Generously scattering a drop of my fortune on an early morning sea breeze. Should have jumped after it. Grabber at life's banquet follows a fortune to doom. As folk fleece and fisticuff in street.
  2. To strike, fight or spar with the fists. obsolete
    — Do they fisticuff with thunder-snaggs […]

词形变化

fisticuffs plural fisticuffs present,singular,third-person fisticuffing participle,present fisticuffed participle,past fisticuffed past

词汇关系

衍生词
fisticuffer

词源

词源 1
From fist + cuff (“blow with the hand”). Modern uses as a verb are a back-formation on the plural uses of the noun.
词源 2
From fist + cuff (“blow with the hand”). Modern uses as a verb are a back-formation on the plural uses of the noun.
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