"gunfight" meaning in English

See gunfight in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gunfight.wav Forms: gunfights [plural]
Etymology: From 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: 55 45

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gunfight.wav Forms: gunfights [present, singular, third-person], gunfighting [participle, present], gunfought [participle, past], gunfought [past]
Etymology: From 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. Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-gunfight-en-verb-nmZHBK8c Disambiguation of Violence: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56

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