play fight

noun

An unrefereed contest in which participants try to dominate each other without inflicting injury.

“Near-synonyms: roughhouse, horseplay”

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Meanings

nounplay fight (plural play fights)

plural play fights · alternative play-fight

  1. An unrefereed contest in which participants try to dominate each other without inflicting injury.

    Near-synonyms: roughhousing, horseplay

    Synonyms: roughhousing, horseplay

verbplay fight (third-person singular simple present plays fight, present participle playing fight, simple past and past participle played fight)

present singular third person plays fight · participle present playing fight · participle past played fight · past played fight · alternative play-fight

  1. To engage in such a contest.

    Near-synonyms: roughhouse, horseplay

    Synonyms: roughhouse, horseplay

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn unrefereed contest in which participants try to dominate each other without inflicting injury.

Similar
roughhousinghorseplay

verbTo engage in such a contest.

Similar
roughhousehorseplay
Also see
horseplay
Cite this entry
APA

play fight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/play%20fight

MLA

“play fight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/play%20fight. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “play fight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/play%20fight.

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