"knockdown-dragout" meaning in English

See knockdown-dragout in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-knockdown-dragout.wav Forms: more knockdown-dragout [comparative], most knockdown-dragout [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|head=knockdown-dragout}} knockdown-dragout (comparative more knockdown-dragout, superlative most knockdown-dragout)
  1. (of a fight or battle) Markedly violent. Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-knockdown-dragout-en-adj-3VhETWoN Disambiguation of Violence: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: knock-down-drag-out, knock-down-and-drag-out

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-knockdown-dragout.wav Forms: knockdown-dragouts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=knockdown-dragout}} knockdown-dragout (plural knockdown-dragouts)
  1. A knockdown-dragout fight; free-for-all Related terms: blood-and-guts
    Sense id: en-knockdown-dragout-en-noun-dFlO~bhz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: knock-down-drag-out, knock-down-and-drag-out

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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