DOGFIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dogfight mean? 

• DOGFIGHT (noun)
  The noun DOGFIGHT has 4 senses:

1. a fiercely disputed contest

2. disorderly fighting

3. an aerial engagement between fighter planes

4. a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)

  Familiarity information: DOGFIGHT used as a noun is uncommon.

• DOGFIGHT (verb)
  The verb DOGFIGHT has 2 senses:

1. arrange for an illegal dogfight

2. engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane

  Familiarity information: DOGFIGHT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOGFIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fiercely disputed contest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract

Hypernyms ("dogfight" is a kind of...):

competition; contest (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Disorderly fighting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble; scuffle; tussle

Hypernyms ("dogfight" is a kind of...):

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An aerial engagement between fighter planes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dogfight" is a kind of...):

battle; conflict; engagement; fight (a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war)

Derivation:

dogfight (engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane)

dogfighter (a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dogfight" is a kind of...):

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

Derivation:

dogfight (engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane)

dogfight (arrange for an illegal dogfight)

• DOGFIGHT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange for an illegal dogfight

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "dogfight" is one way to...):

arrange; stage (plan, organize, and carry out (an event))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dogfight (a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "dogfight" is one way to...):

battle; combat (battle or contend against in or as if in a battle)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

dogfight (a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling))

dogfight (an aerial engagement between fighter planes)