fighting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪtɪŋ/

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Etymology 1

From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight ‎ -ing.

Adjective

fighting

1. Engaged in war or other conflict.
2. Apt to provoke a fight.
   • 1925 April 11, "Books", in The New Yorker, page 26:

     It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.

   • 1947, Hold That Lion! (film):

     Them's fighting words in my country!

   • 2003, Marjorie Kelly, The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, →ISBN, page xi:

     Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused.

Translations

engaged in a fight

• Czech: bojující
• Finnish: taisteleva (fi)
• German: kämpferisch (de)
• Manx: co-streeuagh, troddanagh
• Nyunga: bakadjoo
• Polish: walczący m, wojujący (pl) m, bijący się m
• Russian: бо́рющийся (ru) (bórjuščijsja), сража́ющийся (ru) (sražájuščijsja), бью́щийся (ru) (bʹjúščijsja), деру́щийся (ru) (derúščijsja), вою́ющий (ru) (vojújuščij) (warring)

Verb

fighting

1. present participle and gerund of fight

Derived terms

• fighting chance

Etymology 2

From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fiȝtinge, feȝtyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight ‎ -ing.

Noun

fighting (countable and uncountable, plural fightings)

1. The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
2. A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
   • 1613, “The Costlie Whore”, in A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV.‎^[1]:

     Then here the warres end, here our fightings marde, Yet by your leave Ile stand upon my Guard.

   • 1840, Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History‎^[2]:

     Seid had fallen in the War of Tabuc, the first of Mahomet's fightings with the Greeks.

   • 1860, John Yeardley, Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel‎^[3]:

     A good many soldiers, and some officers, were present; but the expression of our dissent from all wars and fightings had not displeased them, for they shook hands with US most kindly.

Derived terms

• armored combat fighting
• armored fighting vehicle
• armoured combat fighting
• armoured fighting vehicle
• bullfighting
• cage fighting
• Chinese fighting stick
• cock-fighting
• fighting chair
• fighting cock
• fighting fish
• fighting fit
• fighting game
• fighting irons
• fighting spirit
• fighting stick
• fighting words
• fire fighting
• freedom fighting
• infantry fighting vehicle
• in fighting trim
• kite fighting
• Siamese fighting fish
• stick-fighting
• stink fighting
• sword fighting
• z-fighting

 

Descendants

• → Korean: 화이팅 (hwaiting), 홧팅 (hwat'ting) — clipping, ㅎㅇㅌ — chat abbreviation
  • → Chinese: fighting
  • → Japanese: ファイティン (faitin)

Translations

the act or process of contending; violence or conflict

• Arabic: صِرَاع m (ṣirāʕ)
• Russian: борьба́ (ru) f (borʹbá)
• Swahili: upiganaji

a fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight

fight — see fight

battle — see battle

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 화이팅 (hwaiting) or 파이팅 (paiting), from English fighting.

Interjection

fighting

1. (slang) go for it (to put maximum effort into achieving something)

   • 附中六年，套路滿滿，一定帶著喜訊回來！附中人fighting！ [MSC, trad.]
     附中六年，套路满满，一定带着喜讯回来！附中人fighting！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, 关晓彤晒高中最后一课 抬腿贴黑板摆拍, 新浪娱乐

     Fùzhōng liù nián, tàolù mǎnmǎn, yīdìng dài zhe xǐxùn huílái! Fùzhōngrén fighting! [Pinyin]

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   • 運動會使整個人精神起來！正在衝向馬甲線寶寶們的行列中！fighting！ [MSC, trad.]
     运动会使整个人精神起来！正在冲向马甲线宝宝们的行列中！fighting！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, 赵本山女儿晒健身照 短发清爽欲练马甲线, 新浪娱乐

     Yùndònghuì shǐ zhěnggè rén jīngshén qǐlái! Zhèngzài chōng xiàng mǎjiǎxiàn bǎobaomen de hángliè zhōng! Fighting! [Pinyin]

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   • 大喬fighting！ [MSC, trad.]
     大乔fighting！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018, 《脱身》玩转粉色幽默 陈坤万茜“放飞自我”, 网易娱乐

     Dà Qiáo fighting! [Pinyin]

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