dogfighting

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noun

A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.

“Dogfighting is illegal in most countries.”

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Meanings

noundogfighting (uncountable)

alternative dog fighting · alternative dog-fighting

  1. uncountableA blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.

    Dogfighting is illegal in most countries.

  2. uncountableaeronauticsClose 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 28, Kevin V. Brown, “Space-Age Dogfighting”, in Popular Science, page 74
verb

alternative dog fighting · alternative dog-fighting

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dogfight

Translations

Greek κυνομαχία
  • κυνομαχία (kynomachía)blood sport
Cite this entry
APA

dogfighting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogfighting

MLA

“dogfighting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogfighting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dogfighting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogfighting.

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