fisticuffs

IPA: fˈɪstɪkʌfs

(plural only, informal) An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.
(plural only, sports, dated) Bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing done without boxing gloves or similar padding.

Examples of "fisticuffs" in Sentences

She actually knows how to use "fisticuffs" in a sentence without sounding smug.
The rhetorical trick of belittling the matter by speaking of it as "fisticuffs" will not pass in this discussion.
Therefore, I'm positive that if we ever engaged in fisticuffs, I would beat that fucking dwarf like a rented mule.
As the MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE said of the imbroglio (while earning bonus points for use of the term "fisticuffs"):
` ` We like Ricky's competitive spirit for sure, but we definitely don't need him getting into any kind of fisticuffs, '' Nolan said.
There is plenty of time down the line to have the kind of fisticuffs that sometimes come with these debates, as the date of the elections comes closer.
We try, as far as possible, to stick to the topic; we don't slag each other off anyone who attempts 'fisticuffs' on this blog will have Solti the ginger cat to deal with, which I don't recommend!
Though Holmes was known to engage in fisticuffs from time to time, it is still odd and jarring that those occasional episodes, at least in the trailers I have seen, have been made the focus of the film.
Jack is all: talk to the hand, and they're driven to very bloody fisticuffs, which is only broken up by Juliet, who announces that she has changed her mind, as is a woman's prerogative: She thinks Jack is right.