barfight
UK/ˈbɑː(ɹ)faɪt/
barfight noun: a fight that takes place in a bar.
Noun
barfight (plural barfights)
- A fight that takes place in a bar.
- Later he will knock the teeth out of a small black boy; abet a grotesquely fat, lizard-skinned “preacher” in the casual abduction, sodomizing and murder of the same child — “abet” him by shooting the child’s father in the throat; soon afterward choke and drown the depraved preacher himself; choke...2007 March 11, Ron Powers, “Unsivilized”, in New York Times
Forms of barfight
| plural | barfights |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bar fight |
Origin of barfight
From bar + fight.
Questions about barfight
- What does barfight mean?
- Barfight means a fight that takes place in a bar.
- What part of speech is barfight?
- Barfight is a noun.
- How do you pronounce barfight?
- Barfight is pronounced /ˈbɑː(ɹ)faɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of barfight?
- The plural of barfight is barfights.
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