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Etymology

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.

derived from *fehtaną✻ — “to comb, struggle, contend with”
inherited from *fehtandz✻
inherited from feohtende
inherited from feghtyng

Definitions

Engaged in war or other conflict.
2
Apt to provoke a fight.
- It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.
- Them's fighting words in my country!
- Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused.
present participle and gerund of fight
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1. The act or process of contending
  The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
2. 5
  A fight or battle
  A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
  - Then here the warres end, here our fightings marde, Yet by your leave Ile stand upon my Guard.
  - Seid had fallen in the War of Tabuc, the first of Mahomet's fightings with the Greeks.
  - A good many soldiers, and some officers, were present; but the expression of our dissent from all wars and fightings had not displeased them, for they shook hands with US most kindly.

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Derived

Fighting Bob, fighting chance, fighting hole, fighting little judge, fightingly, fighting word, nonfighting, unfighting, antifighting, armored combat fighting, armored fighting vehicle, armoured combat fighting, armoured fighting vehicle, bullfighting, bushfighting, cage fighting, Chinese fighting stick, cockfighting, cock-fighting, crimefighting, fighting chair, fighting cock, fighting fish, fighting fit, fighting game, fighting irons, fighting spirit, fighting stick, fighting words, firefighting, fire fighting, footfighting, freedom fighting, gunfighting, infantry fighting vehicle, infighting, in fighting trim, kite fighting, shootfighting, Siamese fighting fish · +9 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fighting. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at fighting. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at fighting

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.