fight song

noun

: a song used to inspire enthusiasm usually during an athletic competition

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But of course this is how Mr. Trump views music: as theme songs, fight songs, soundtracks for memories more than works of art. Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025 There, fans sang their team's fight song loud and proud, as VR technology depicted virus and bacteria droplets that are expelled into the air, and showed how Lysol helps kill them and keep sports fans safe. Angela Andaloro, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024 Just before practice ended, the gates to the field swung open and the USC band, led by the song girls, marched in playing the school’s fight song. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024 The Fan's reported that Sanders had asked the school's band not to play the fight song at Folsom Field after a score by Shedeur Sanders, so his son's theme music could run. Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fight song 

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fight song was in 1954

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“Fight song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fight%20song. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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