fisticuffs
noun/ˈfɪstɪkʌfs/
/ˈfɪstɪkʌfs/
[plural] (old-fashioned or humorous)- a fight in which people hit each other with their fistsWord Originearly 17th cent.: probably from obsolete fisty ‘relating to the fists or to fist fighting’ + cuff ‘strike (someone) with an open hand’.
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