noun
- fights using only the fists; physical confrontations involving punching with bare hands
Examples
- The two boys got into fistfights during recess.
- Security broke up several fistfights at the concert.
- He avoided fistfights by walking away from confrontations.
- The movie featured several dramatic fistfights between the characters.
- Fistfights were common in the old western saloons.
- The coach suspended players who engaged in fistfights during practice.