infight

infight verb: to fight with allies or other members of the same group.

Verb

infight (third-person singular simple present infights, present participle infighting, simple past and past participle infought)

(intransitive) To fight with allies or other members of the same group.
- While Kennedy infought to trim outlays to match resources, critics claimed that the era of the big eleemosynaries had come to an end.1977 January 10, New York, volume 10, page 58
- Unfortunately what we have going on in this world against the new Israeli State, is just like what the Arabs do to their own, as they infight, among Muslims, and different nationalities, and sects, just as the many Christians do, and mostly did during the times of the Protestant revolution, and...2008, Anthony Townsend, Nassira Townsend, The Collapse of America: A Ruined State?, →ISBN, page 62
To box while extremely close to an opponent
- Be prepared to slip and duck his jab to infight or to counter with a quick punch to the head or body.2004, Mark Hatmaker, Doug Werner, Boxing Mastery: Advanced Technique, Tactics, and Strategies from the Sweet Science, →ISBN, page 213
- Even if you're giving up reach in order to infight, standing at the end of your opponent's punch (impact position) isn't the way to do it.2007, Alan Lachica, Doug Werner, Boxing's Ten Commandments, →ISBN, page 29

Noun

infight (plural infights)

An internal battle; a fight with allies or other members of the same group.
- The power struggle to establish Kim Il Sung as the sole leader in North Korea took almost a decade, entailing a series of bitter factional infights.2014, Young Whan Kihl, Hong Nack Kim, North Korea: The Politics of Regime Survival, →ISBN, page 71
- In political terms, the subject of the play is the infight between ultraradical and moderate leftist factions, an infight which has haunted the European leftist movements since the days of the French Revolution.1982, Burghard Dedner, Carl Sternheim, page 92

Examples of infight in a sentence

And then each group began to infight on some pretext.1985, Alixa Naff, Becoming American: the early Arab immigrant experience, page 307:
Walker tried hard to close with his opponent, and infight, but by using both hands to good advantage Fus.2003, Peter B. Kyne, Captain Scraggs; Or, the Green-Pea Pirates, →ISBN, page 252:
The German officer, however, made in his new function as Inspector of Army Motorization an enemy who proved equally ruthless on the battlefield as in the arena of bureaucratic infights—Heinz Guderian.2011, Jörg Muth, Command Culture: Officer Education in the U.S. Army and the German Armed Forces. 1901-1940, and the Consequences for World...

Forms of infight

Verb
third-person singular present	infights
present participle	infighting
past participle	infought
past	infought
Noun
plural	infights

Origin of infight

Apparently a back-formation from infighting, perhaps continuing Middle English infighten (“to attack”), from Old English infiht, infeoht (“an attack made upon a person by another in the same house or between members of a household”), equivalent to in- + fight. Compare Middle English infiht (“an internal fight, a brawl within a household”).

Questions about infight

What does infight mean?: Infight means to fight with allies or other members of the same group.
How do you use infight in a sentence?: And then each group began to infight on some pretext.
What part of speech is infight?: Infight can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of infight?: The past tense of infight is infought.

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