Fistfight
(noun)
A physical altercation between two people, in which each person strikes the other using their fists.
Origin:
Compound word formed from 'fist' and 'fight'.
Examples:
- The two men engaged in a fistfight after a heated argument in the bar.
- The police had to break up the fistfight between the two men who were fighting in the street.
- The fistfight was the result of a long-standing grudge between the two men.
- The audience was shocked when the normally mild-mannered man became involved in a fistfight with a stranger.
- The fistfight ended quickly when one man punched the other, who then fell to the ground unconscious.