fistfight

noun

fist·​fight ˈfist-ˌfīt 

: a usually spontaneous fight with bare fists

Examples of fistfight in a Sentence

A fistfight broke out in the stands.

He often gets into fistfights.

Recent Examples on the Web

Later, Enola also participates in a horseback chase and violent fistfight with the female villain. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026

Its satirical video, depicting politicians descending into an all-out fistfight, proved especially prescient during the fevered atmosphere of the 2016 election cycle. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 17 June 2026

Rioting, fistfights, vandalism. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026

Their shows are driven by a physicality both intricately choreographed and fizzily chaotic, tightness and looseness alternating — even somehow overlapping — in a rolling series of lazzi and dances, fistfights and slapstick routines. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fistfight

• affright
• airtight
• albite
• alight
• alright
• aplite
• aright
• bainite
• birthright
• bobwhite
• bornite
• bullfight