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playfight

playfight is the alternative spelling of play fight.

Meaning of play fight

Noun

play fight (plural play fights)

  1. An unrefereed contest in which participants try to dominate each other without inflicting injury.
    • Near-synonyms: roughhousing, horseplay

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Verb

playfight (third-person singular simple present playfights, present participle playfighting, simple past and past participle playfought)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in play fights.

Forms of playfight

Noun
pluralplayfights
Verb
third-person singular presentplayfights
present participleplayfighting
past participleplayfought
pastplayfought

Questions about playfight

What does playfight mean?
Playfight means to engage in play fights.
What is playfight the alternative spelling of?
Playfight is the alternative spelling of play fight.
What part of speech is playfight?
Playfight is a verb.
What is the past tense of playfight?
The past tense of playfight is playfought.

Words near playfight in the dictionary

  1. playfellow
  2. playfellows
  3. playfellowship
  4. playfield
  5. playfields
  6. playfight
  7. playfighting
  8. playfights
  9. playfolk
  10. Playfoot
  11. Playford

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