"knockdown-dragout" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more knockdown-dragout [comparative], most knockdown-dragout [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} 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: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 69 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: knock-down-drag-out, knock-down-and-drag-out

Noun

Forms: knockdown-dragouts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} knockdown-dragout (plural knockdown-dragouts)
  1. A knockdown-dragout fight; free-for-all Categories (topical): Violence Related terms: blood-and-guts
    Sense id: en-knockdown-dragout-en-noun-dFlO~bhz Disambiguation of Violence: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: knock-down-drag-out, knock-down-and-drag-out

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for knockdown-dragout meaning in English (2.3kB)

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