"gunfight" meaning in English

See gunfight in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: gunfights [plural]
Etymology: gun + fight Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gun|fight}} gun + fight Head templates: {{en-noun}} gunfight (plural gunfights)
  1. A battle (or a duel) using small arms. Categories (topical): Violence Derived forms: bring a knife to a gunfight, take a knife to a gunfight, gunfighter
    Sense id: en-gunfight-en-noun-nFVz1yti Disambiguation of Violence: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 54

Verb

Forms: gunfights [present, singular, third-person], gunfighting [participle, present], gunfought [participle, past], gunfought [past]
Etymology: gun + fight Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gun|fight}} gun + fight Head templates: {{en-verb|gunfights|gunfighting|gunfought}} gunfight (third-person singular simple present gunfights, present participle gunfighting, simple past and past participle gunfought)
  1. To engage in battle using small arms.
    Sense id: en-gunfight-en-verb-nmZHBK8c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57

Inflected forms

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