dogfightn.

Brit.

/ˈdɒɡfʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈdɔɡˌfaɪt/,

/ˈdɑɡˌfaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dog n.¹, fight n.

Etymology: < dog n.¹ + fight n. Compare earlier dogfighting n.

1. A fight between dogs, spec. as a spectacle or entertainment.

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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > between specific animals

dogfighting?a1500

dogfighta1656

bear-fighting1812

catfight1824

horse-fight1897

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 61 To clap their hands, as boys are wont to do in dog-fights.

1716–20 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 205 It [sc. a looking glass] sometimes helps him to the View of a Dog-fight.

1776 Middlesex Jrnl. & Evening Advertiser 18 July There was a dog-fight, and a cock-fight [at St George's Fields].

1813 Sporting Mag. 42 24 To appear at a mill, a hanck, or a dog-fight.

a1849 E. Elliott Poet. Wks. (1876) II. 115 He's at the ‘Sportsman's Arms’; The dog-fight's o'er the way.

1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics xii. §80. 215 It needs but to ask whether men who delight in dog-fights may be expected to appreciate Beethoven's Adelaida.

1908 E. Higginson Alaska xlv. 487 Eskimo dogs..haunt steamer-landings and..stewards..can thus muster a dog fight for the pleasure of heartless passengers at a moment's notice.

1948 P. White Let. 27 Oct. (1994) iii. 74 We have had a series of disasters lately—..pups with distemper,..myself bitten through the wrist in a dog fight.

1988 E. W. Brown Interval in Afr. iii. 150 Didn't hear the on-going dog fights and yipping and tearing around under the windows.

2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons iv. iii. 307 Each small town had its pit of bloody sawdust wherein chicken fights and dog fights and man fights were played out for wagerers.

2. In extended use.

a. A disturbance or mêlée; a ferocious struggle for supremacy.

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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight

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thump-up1967

1910 J. F. Newton Lincoln & Herndon 139 Anxiously the two men watched the political ‘dog-fight’ between Douglas and Buchanan, hoping for a disruption in the Democratic party.

1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 208 The pitiless Whips were even then at the telephones to herd 'em up to another dog-fight.

1928 F. E. Baily Golden Vanity xiv. 201 No dividend, reserve fund wiped out, and a dog-fight at the annual general meeting.

1958 Economist 13 Dec. 967/1 Both employers and unions are to blame for the dogfight that at present passes for industrial relations at BOAC.

1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 35/6 On our performance so far, we're in a dogfight for fourth.

2004 Racing Ahead June 38/2 The industry is split in two in an acrimonious dogfight. Nothing new there then.

b. An aerial battle between military aircraft at close quarters.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > fight between aircraft

dogfight1918

rat race1931

1918 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 27/3 Now a general combat ensues, in which each man must fight independently. All semblance of formation is lost; the mêlée is called a ‘dog fight’.

1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station xxii. 400 All flying-boats should have their hulls ‘dazzle-painted’..so that a pilot could, in a ‘dog-fight’, know at a glance who was in a particular machine.

1937 C. Boff Boys' Bk. of Flying xvii. 190 Inevitably occasions arise in aerial warfare—as in a ‘dog-fight’, where several machines are milling together in whirling confusion.

1999 Sun 27 Mar. i. 2/5 Two Serb jets were shot down in a dogfight yesterday as they prepared to attack Nato troops.

2008 C. McNab & H. Keeter Tools of Violence v. 182 These [aerial] battles were quite properly called ‘dog fights’, because the apparent chaos of battling aircraft resembled a pack of pit dogs tearing into each other.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dogfightv.

Brit.

/ˈdɒɡfʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈdɔɡˌfaɪt/,

/ˈdɑɡˌfaɪt/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle dogfought, (rare) dogfighted;

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: dogfight n.

Etymology: < dogfight n. Compare earlier dogfighting n.

1. intransitive. To fight or ‘scrap’.

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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)]

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to bang it out or aboutc1600

buffeta1616

tussle1638

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to try a friskin1675

to battle it1821

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scrap1874

to mix it1905

dogfight1929

yike1940

to go upside (someone's) head1970

1929 T. E. Lawrence Let. 1 Apr. (1938) v. 648 I live in barracks (i.e. we dog-fight promiscuously).

1989 R. M. Wilson Ripley Bogle 135 We're the..lads from Cancer Alley, We dogfight with the cellular And add them to our tally. We laugh at radiation Chemotherapy leaves us cold.

1995 T. Linskey Race Winning Strategies iii. 111 Groups almost always do the wrong thing: they sail too high, they dogfight, they slow each other down.

a. transitive. To fight (an enemy aircraft) at close quarters.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > fight other aircraft

dogfight1934

1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory vi. 51 They would dive and zoom..but they would never dogfight Camels.

1995 R. J. Cressman Magnificent Fight 275 Live-action shots of..open-cockpit, fixed-gear planes dogfighting the Wildcats.

2006 N.Y. Times 21 May (T: Style Mag.) 44/3 You can..take the kids to see the Sopwith Camels dogfight the Fokkers at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome.

b. intransitive. Of a military aircraft: to engage in a fight at close quarters with an enemy aircraft.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (intransitive)] > fight with other aircraft

dogfight1941

1941 E. C. Shepherd Mil. Aeroplane 14 If the formation [of bombers] gets broken, the single machine may have to ‘take evasive action’, but it will not attempt to dogfight.

1957 M. Caidin Air Force 138 P-38 pilots made sure not to commit the error of trying to dogfight with the maneuverable Zeros.

1977 Sci. Amer. Oct. 13 (advt.) The best fighter pilots in the world couldn't down the F–15 Eagle... They tried to dogfight, they tried radar-guided missiles.

2001 N. Franks & G. VanWyngarden Fokker Dr I Aces World War I i. 9 Von Richthofen liked to dogfight and to get in close, and he could do this with a triplane.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dogfight
释义	dogfightn. Brit. /ˈdɒɡfʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡˌfaɪt/, /ˈdɑɡˌfaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dog n.¹, fight n. Etymology: < dog n.¹ + fight n. Compare earlier dogfighting n. 1. A fight between dogs, spec. as a spectacle or entertainment. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > between specific animals dogfighting?a1500 dogfighta1656 bear-fighting1812 catfight1824 horse-fight1897 a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 61 To clap their hands, as boys are wont to do in dog-fights. 1716–20 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 205 It [sc. a looking glass] sometimes helps him to the View of a Dog-fight. 1776 Middlesex Jrnl. & Evening Advertiser 18 July There was a dog-fight, and a cock-fight [at St George's Fields]. 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 24 To appear at a mill, a hanck, or a dog-fight. a1849 E. Elliott Poet. Wks. (1876) II. 115 He's at the ‘Sportsman's Arms’; The dog-fight's o'er the way. 1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics xii. §80. 215 It needs but to ask whether men who delight in dog-fights may be expected to appreciate Beethoven's Adelaida. 1908 E. Higginson Alaska xlv. 487 Eskimo dogs..haunt steamer-landings and..stewards..can thus muster a dog fight for the pleasure of heartless passengers at a moment's notice. 1948 P. White Let. 27 Oct. (1994) iii. 74 We have had a series of disasters lately—..pups with distemper,..myself bitten through the wrist in a dog fight. 1988 E. W. Brown Interval in Afr. iii. 150 Didn't hear the on-going dog fights and yipping and tearing around under the windows. 2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons iv. iii. 307 Each small town had its pit of bloody sawdust wherein chicken fights and dog fights and man fights were played out for wagerers. 2. In extended use. a. A disturbance or mêlée; a ferocious struggle for supremacy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight bicker1297 fightc1300 tirpeilc1330 ragea1393 stradec1400 intermell1489 cockfighta1513 skirm1534 bustle1579 pell-mellc1586 brabble1587 jostle1607 scufflea1616 counterbuff1632 mêléea1648 roil1690 tussle1749 scrimmage1780 turn-up1810 scrape1812 pounding match1815 mellay1819 struggle1840 mix-up1841 scrap1846 rough-up1891 turn-to1893 push and shove1895 bagarre1897 stoush1908 dogfight1910 bundle1936 sort-out1937 yike1940 bassa-bassa1956 punch-up1958 thump-up1967 1910 J. F. Newton Lincoln & Herndon 139 Anxiously the two men watched the political ‘dog-fight’ between Douglas and Buchanan, hoping for a disruption in the Democratic party. 1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 208 The pitiless Whips were even then at the telephones to herd 'em up to another dog-fight. 1928 F. E. Baily Golden Vanity xiv. 201 No dividend, reserve fund wiped out, and a dog-fight at the annual general meeting. 1958 Economist 13 Dec. 967/1 Both employers and unions are to blame for the dogfight that at present passes for industrial relations at BOAC. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 35/6 On our performance so far, we're in a dogfight for fourth. 2004 Racing Ahead June 38/2 The industry is split in two in an acrimonious dogfight. Nothing new there then. b. An aerial battle between military aircraft at close quarters. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > fight between aircraft dogfight1918 rat race1931 1918 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 27/3 Now a general combat ensues, in which each man must fight independently. All semblance of formation is lost; the mêlée is called a ‘dog fight’. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station xxii. 400 All flying-boats should have their hulls ‘dazzle-painted’..so that a pilot could, in a ‘dog-fight’, know at a glance who was in a particular machine. 1937 C. Boff Boys' Bk. of Flying xvii. 190 Inevitably occasions arise in aerial warfare—as in a ‘dog-fight’, where several machines are milling together in whirling confusion. 1999 Sun 27 Mar. i. 2/5 Two Serb jets were shot down in a dogfight yesterday as they prepared to attack Nato troops. 2008 C. McNab & H. Keeter Tools of Violence v. 182 These [aerial] battles were quite properly called ‘dog fights’, because the apparent chaos of battling aircraft resembled a pack of pit dogs tearing into each other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dogfightv. Brit. /ˈdɒɡfʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡˌfaɪt/, /ˈdɑɡˌfaɪt/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle dogfought, (rare) dogfighted; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: dogfight n. Etymology: < dogfight n. Compare earlier dogfighting n. 1. intransitive. To fight or ‘scrap’. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] fightc900 deal993 wraxlec1000 skirm?c1225 makec1275 mellc1300 to fight togethera1400 meddlec1400 match1440 wring1470 cobc1540 toilc1540 strike1579 beat1586 scuffle1590 exchange blows1594 to bang it out or aboutc1600 buffeta1616 tussle1638 dimicate1657 to try a friskin1675 to battle it1821 muss1851 scrap1874 to mix it1905 dogfight1929 yike1940 to go upside (someone's) head1970 1929 T. E. Lawrence Let. 1 Apr. (1938) v. 648 I live in barracks (i.e. we dog-fight promiscuously). 1989 R. M. Wilson Ripley Bogle 135 We're the..lads from Cancer Alley, We dogfight with the cellular And add them to our tally. We laugh at radiation Chemotherapy leaves us cold. 1995 T. Linskey Race Winning Strategies iii. 111 Groups almost always do the wrong thing: they sail too high, they dogfight, they slow each other down. 2. a. transitive. To fight (an enemy aircraft) at close quarters. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > fight other aircraft dogfight1934 1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory vi. 51 They would dive and zoom..but they would never dogfight Camels. 1995 R. J. Cressman Magnificent Fight 275 Live-action shots of..open-cockpit, fixed-gear planes dogfighting the Wildcats. 2006 N.Y. Times 21 May (T: Style Mag.) 44/3 You can..take the kids to see the Sopwith Camels dogfight the Fokkers at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. b. intransitive. Of a military aircraft: to engage in a fight at close quarters with an enemy aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (intransitive)] > fight with other aircraft dogfight1941 1941 E. C. Shepherd Mil. Aeroplane 14 If the formation [of bombers] gets broken, the single machine may have to ‘take evasive action’, but it will not attempt to dogfight. 1957 M. Caidin Air Force 138 P-38 pilots made sure not to commit the error of trying to dogfight with the maneuverable Zeros. 1977 Sci. Amer. Oct. 13 (advt.) The best fighter pilots in the world couldn't down the F–15 Eagle... They tried to dogfight, they tried radar-guided missiles. 2001 N. Franks & G. VanWyngarden Fokker Dr I Aces World War I i. 9 Von Richthofen liked to dogfight and to get in close, and he could do this with a triplane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1656v.1929
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