"pillow fight" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪləʊ ˌfaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɪloʊ ˌfaɪt/ [General-American] Forms: pillow fights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pillow fight (plural pillow fights)
  1. A play fight that involves hitting others with pillows. Categories (topical): Games Translations (a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows): 枕頭戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 枕头战 (zhěntóu zhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), pudekamp [common-gender] (Danish), tyynysota (Finnish), bataille de polochons [feminine] (French), combat d’oreillers [France, feminine] (French), bataille d’oreillers [Quebec, feminine] (French), Kissenschlacht [feminine] (German), μαξιλαροπόλεμος (maxilaropólemos) [masculine] (Greek), párnacsata (Hungarian), 枕投げ (makura nage) (alt: まくらなげ) (Japanese), putekrig (Norwegian), guerra de travesseiros [feminine] (Portuguese), бой поду́шками (boj podúškami) [masculine] (Russian), поду́шечный бой (podúšečnyj boj) [masculine] (Russian), pelea con almohadas [feminine] (Spanish), kuddkrig [neuter] (Swedish), yastık savaşı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pillow_fight-en-noun-PVmXh49V Disambiguation of Games: 83 17 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: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɪləʊ ˌfaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɪloʊ ˌfaɪt/ [General-American] Forms: pillow fights [present, singular, third-person], pillow fighting [participle, present], pillow fought [participle, past], pillow fought [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pillow fight<,,fought>}} pillow fight (third-person singular simple present pillow fights, present participle pillow fighting, simple past and past participle pillow fought)
  1. (intransitive) To participate in a pillow fight. Tags: intransitive Translations (to fight with pillows): μαξιλαρώνω (maxilaróno) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-pillow_fight-en-verb-VBNprpml

Inflected forms

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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows",
          "word": "枕頭戰"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows",
          "word": "枕投げ"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows",
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows",
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      "sense": "a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows",
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      "roman": "boj podúškami",
      "sense": "a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows",
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      "sense": "a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows",
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      "word": "pelea con almohadas"
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      "sense": "a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows",
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      "sense": "a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows",
      "word": "yastık savaşı"
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