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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | competition, contest |
their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them.
a real dogfight for third place.
a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract.
dogfight::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | engagement, battle, fight, conflict |
| Derivation | dogfighter |
Examples of dogfight
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In Australia, Virgin Blue faces a dogfight with dominant carrier Qantas Airways.
From the businessweek.com
A lot of teams are thinking that way, so it's going to be a dogfight every night.
From the kentucky.com
Meanwhile, in a mid-air dogfight in toy aeroplanes, Philip chases after Gromit.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Patrick's best chance to win is a three-way dogfight that has little precedent.
From the boston.com
Osasuna beat Real Madrid in January but still find themselves in the dogfight.
From the dailymail.co.uk
It will be a dogfight for every playoff spot but the Hawks like their chances.
From the sltrib.com
The dogfight argument was the first of the day and fourth of the court's new term.
From the post-gazette.com
It extended the wrestle at the play-the-ball so it became a bit of a dogfight.
From the nzherald.co.nz
If you thrive off being in a dogfight then tell yourself you're in a dogfight.
From the expressandstar.com
- A fiercely disputed contest; "their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them"; "a real dogfight for third place"; "a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract"
- Arrange for an illegal dogfight
- Engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane
- Hassle: disorderly fighting
- A violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)
- A dogfight, or dog fight, is a form of aerial combat between fighter aircraft; in particular, combat of manoeuvre at short range, where each side is aware of the other's presence. ...
- Dogfight is an aerial combat video game released for the Apple II computer in 1980. A later version, Dogfight II, is copyrighted 1983. It is essentially a shoot 'em up style game, with the player controlling an aircraft which they can steer in one axis (left or right) and shoot. ...
- Dogfight is a 1991 film set in San Francisco, California, during the Vietnam War (1963 - 1966), stars River Phoenix and Lili Taylor and was directed by Nancy Savoca.
- Dogfight was an event played during the initial UK series of Gladiators. In this event, contender and Gladiator battled in the air, suspended from zeppelin airships.
