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dog fighting

dog fighting is the alternative form of dogfighting.

Meaning of dogfighting

Noun

dogfighting (uncountable)

  1. A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.
    • Dogfighting is illegal in most countries.
  2. Close combat between two military aircraft.
    • Here, in fighter-pilot language, you're taught the real essential — dogfighting, man-against-man, plane-against-plane — and in a way they never taught us.1972 February, Kevin V. Brown, “Space-Age Dogfighting”, in Popular Science, page 74

Questions about dog fighting

What is dog fighting the alternative form of?
Dog fighting is the alternative form of dogfighting.

Words near dog fighting in the dictionary

  1. dog fancier
  2. dog fanciers
  3. dog fennel
  4. dog fennels
  5. dog fight
  6. dog fighting
  7. dog fights
  8. dog flap
  9. dog flaps
  10. dog food
  11. dog foods

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