dogfighting

Etymology

noun

  1. A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.
    Dogfighting is illegal in most countries.
  2. (military, aviation) Close combat between two military aircraft.
    Here, in fighter-pilot language, you're taught the real essential — dogfighting, man-against-man, plane-against-plane — and in a way they never taught us. 1972 February, Kevin V. Brown, “Space-Age Dogfighting”, in Popular Science, page 74

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of dogfight

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