† bear-fightv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: bear fight n.

Etymology: < bear fight n. (compare sense 2 at that entry).

Obsolete.

intransitive. To behave rowdily.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > riot [verb (intransitive)] > behave in disorderly fashion

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bear-fight1884

1884 Daily Evening News (Lincoln, Nebraska) 2 Apr. We, of course, were very much like the woman who saw her husband bear fighting, as in either instance we would have good officers and it mattered but little which came off victorious.

1889 Belgravia May 363 Some were reading and others were bear-fighting, throwing books at each other, running over the table, and in short doing quite sufficient to hinder those more studious of their companions.

1892 Daily News 23 Feb. 4/8 Did she bear-fight and play practical jokes on the Lord Admiral?

1908 Jrnl. Educ. Nov. 774/2 She knew a mother with a family of riotous sons who were always bear-fighting and breaking the furniture.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020).

单词	bear-fight
释义	† bear-fightv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: bear fight n. Etymology: < bear fight n. (compare sense 2 at that entry). Obsolete. intransitive. To behave rowdily. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > riot [verb (intransitive)] > behave in disorderly fashion woodwosea1400 rantipole1650 scour1673 bear-fight1884 1884 Daily Evening News (Lincoln, Nebraska) 2 Apr. We, of course, were very much like the woman who saw her husband bear fighting, as in either instance we would have good officers and it mattered but little which came off victorious. 1889 Belgravia May 363 Some were reading and others were bear-fighting, throwing books at each other, running over the table, and in short doing quite sufficient to hinder those more studious of their companions. 1892 Daily News 23 Feb. 4/8 Did she bear-fight and play practical jokes on the Lord Admiral? 1908 Jrnl. Educ. Nov. 774/2 She knew a mother with a family of riotous sons who were always bear-fighting and breaking the furniture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020). < v.1884
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