- fisticuff⇄expr. fisticuffs, a fight with the fists; boxing bout.
Ex. The big boys say that the little boys must not engage in fisticuffs but must stick to name-calling (Atlantic). - fisticuff⇄fisticuff, noun, verb.
- fisticuff⇄noun a blow with the fists.
Ex. It now and then happened that the literary gladiators came to actual fisticuffs (John Symonds). - fisticuff⇄v.i. to fight or strike blows with the fists.
- fisticuff⇄v.t. to strike (someone) with the fists.