fisticuff
English
noun
Definitions
- (rare) A fistfight.
- (obsolete) A cuff or blow administered with the fist.
Etymology
Compound from English fist + English cuff (end of shirtsleeve, hit, blow, blow with the hand).
Origin
English
cuff
Gloss
end of shirtsleeve, hit, blow, blow with the hand
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🎯
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backfist English
- brofist English
- clubfist English
- clutchfist English
- countercuff English
- cuff English
- cuffer English
- cuffless English
- cufflike English
- cufflink English
- fist English
- fistball English
- fistbump English
- fistee English
- fister English
- fistfight English
- fistfighter English
- fistful English
- fistiana English
- fistic English
- fistical English
- fisticuffer English
- fistlike English
- fistnote English
- fisty English
- handcuff English
- handcuffs English
- intracuff English
- legcuff English
- pinchfist English
- tailcuff English
- tight-fisted English
- uncuff English
- unfist English
- fisten German
- カフ Japanese
- cuffe Middle English
- fist Middle English
- cwffio Welsh