fighting
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaɪtɪŋ/
Audio (General American): (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
Adjective
fighting
- Engaged in war or other conflict.
- Apt to provoke a fight.
- 1925 April 11, "Books", in The New Yorker, page 26:
- It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.
- 1947, Hold That Lion! (film):
- Them's fighting words in my country!
- 2003, Marjorie Kelly, The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, →ISBN, page xi:
- Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused.
- 1925 April 11, "Books", in The New Yorker, page 26:
Translations
engaged in a fight
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Verb
fighting
- present participle and gerund of fight
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fiȝtinge, feȝtyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
Noun
fighting (countable and uncountable, plural fightings)
- The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
- A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
Derived terms
- armored combat fighting
- armored fighting vehicle
- armoured combat fighting
- armoured fighting vehicle
- bullfighting
- cage fighting
- Chinese fighting stick
- cock-fighting
- fighting chair
- fighting cock
- fighting fish
- fighting fit
- fighting game
- fighting irons
- fighting spirit
- fighting stick
- fighting words
- fire fighting
- freedom fighting
- infantry fighting vehicle
- in fighting trim
- kite fighting
- Siamese fighting fish
- stick-fighting
- stink fighting
- sword fighting
- z-fighting
Descendants
Translations
the act or process of contending; violence or conflict
a fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
fight — see fight
battle — see battle
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 화이팅 (hwaiting) or 파이팅 (paiting), from English fighting.
Pronunciation
Interjection
fighting
- (slang) go for it (to put maximum effort into achieving something)
- 運動會使整個人精神起來！正在衝向馬甲線寶寶們的行列中！fighting！ [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2016, 赵本山女儿晒健身照 短发清爽欲练马甲线, 新浪娱乐
- Yùndònghuì shǐ zhěnggè rén jīngshén qǐlái! Zhèngzài chōng xiàng mǎjiǎxiàn bǎobaomen de hángliè zhōng! Fighting! [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
运动会使整个人精神起来！正在冲向马甲线宝宝们的行列中！fighting！ [MSC, simp.]
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