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单词 in-fighting
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in-fightingn.

Etymology: < in adv. + fighting n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈin-ˌfighting.
In pugilism: Fighting or boxing at close quarters; the practice of getting close up to an opponent: cf. quot. 1812 at in adv. 13. Also figurative and transferred.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > actions or positions
first bloodc1540
guard1601
feint1684
in holds1713
shifting1793
rally1805
muzzler1811
one-two1811
stop1812
southpaw1813
fibbing1814
leveller1814
mouther1814
ribber1814
stomacher1814
teller1814
in-fighting1816
muzzling1819
weaving1821
out-fighting1831
arm guard1832
countering1858
counter1861
clinching1863
prop1869
clinch1875
right and left1887
hook-hit1890
hook1898
cross1906
lead1906
jolt1908
swing1910
body shot1918
head shot1927
bolo punch1950
snap-back1950
counterpunch1957
counterpunching1957
Ali shuffle1966
rope-a-dope1975
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > at close quarters
in-fighting1907
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > within a group
in-fighting1960
1816 Sporting Mag. 47 256 The combat lasted one hour and fifty minutes all at in-fighting.
1886 D. C. Murray First Person Sing. xxviii. 201 There are otherwise admirable boxers who know nothing of what is called ‘in-fighting’... Once get inside the guard and they go to pieces.
1907 J. London Iron Heel ii. 35 He was unused to this fierce ‘infighting’, as Ernest called it.
1928 L. Woolley Sumerians ii. 52 Two [spears] have plain butts and are intended for in-fighting.
1930 H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham iv. i. 274 The temperament and tradition of both navies disposed them for attack and in-fighting.
1936 G. B. Shaw Millionairess iv, in Simpleton, Six, & Millionairess 193 Epifania. You are two stone heavier than I; and I cannot keep my head at infighting as you can.
1960 W. H. Auden Homage to Clio 79 Untrained in a ruthless Verbal in-fighting.
1970 W. Smith Gold Mine xxxi. 78 She would use even the dirtiest in-fighting to see that Rod was not overlooked.
1972 Listener 24 Aug. 241/1 The cheerful in-fighting that characterizes intellectual exchange between clinician and medical scientist.

Derivatives

ˈin-ˌfighter n. a boxer who practises this method.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer > types of
bruiser1744
ruffian1791
in-fighter1812
punisher1812
nobber1821
receiver general1821
slogger1829
slogster1881
ham1888
slaughterer1896
pushover1908
bum1917
mauler1920
palooka1920
round heel1926
set-up1926
powder puff1931
spoiler1948
kick-boxer1978
stiff1989
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > within a group > one who
in-fighter1973
1812 Sporting Mag. 39 19 It would not be too much to denominate him as good an in-fighter.
1973 Time 25 June 38/2 Inside the Politburo, he is known as a tough infighter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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