| proxy fight | a measure used by an acquirer to gain control of a takeover target, acquirer tries to persuade other shareholders that the management of the target should be replaced |
| fight | a boxing or wrestling match, the fight was on television last night |
| pillow fight | a child's game of fighting with pillows |
battle
conflict fight engagement | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war, Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga, he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement |
fight fighting
combat scrap | the act of fighting, any contest or struggle, a fight broke out at the hockey game, there was fighting in the streets, the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap |
knife fight
snickersnee
cut-and-thrust | fighting with knives |
rumble
gang fight | a fight between rival gangs of adolescents |
stone curlew
thick-knee
Burhinus oedicnemus | large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint |
thick-billed murre
Uria lomvia | a variety of murre |
| thick skin | skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) |
competitiveness
fight | an aggressive willingness to compete, the team was full of fight |
| fight | an intense verbal dispute, a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate |
bunfight
bun-fight | (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion |
prizefight
prize fight | a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize |
midst
thick | the location of something surrounded by other things, in the midst of the crowd |
Morchella crassipes
thick-footed morel | a delicious morel with a conic fertile portion having deep and irregular pits |
contend fight
struggle | be engaged in a fight, carry on a fight, the tribesmen fought each other, Siblings are always fighting, Militant groups are contending for control of the country |
fight oppose fight back
fight down
defend | fight against or resist strongly, The senator said he would oppose the bill, Don't fight it! |
| fight back | defend oneself |
chicken-fight
chickenfight | fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders |
repel
repulse
fight off
rebuff
drive back | force or drive back, repel the attacker, fight off the onslaught, rebuff the attack |
fight
struggle | make a strenuous or labored effort, She struggled for years to survive without welfare, He fought for breath |
| crusade a fight a press campaign a push a agitate | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person, be an advocate for, The liberal party pushed for reforms, She is crusading for women's rights, The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate |
| thick | abounding, having a lot of, the top was thick with dust |
| thick-billed | having a thick beak |
| thick-haired | having thick hair |
| thick-stemmed | having a thick stem |
a blockheaded
boneheaded
duncical
duncish
fatheaded
loggerheaded
thick
thickheaded
thick-skulled
wooden-headed | (used informally) stupid |
chummy
buddy-buddy
thick(p) | (used informally) associated on close terms, a close friend, the bartender was chummy with the regular customers, the two were thick as thieves for months |
| thick | having component parts closely crowded together, a compact shopping center, a dense population, thick crowds, a thick forest, thick hair |
| thick-branched | having thick branches |
| thick-bodied | having a thick body |
slurred
thick | spoken as if with a thick tongue, the thick speech of a drunkard, his words were slurred |
thick
deep | (of darkness) very intense, thick night, thick darkness, a face in deep shadow, deep night |
| thick-lipped | having thick lips |
dense
thick | hard to pass through because of dense growth, dense vegetation, thick woods |
thick-skinned
tough-skinned | insensitive to criticism |
compact
heavyset stocky
thick
thickset | having a short and solid form or stature, a wrestler of compact build, he was tall and heavyset, stocky legs, a thickset young man |
| thick | not thin, of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions, an inch thick, a thick board, a thick sandwich, spread a thick layer of butter, thick coating of dust, thick warm blankets |
| thick | relatively dense in consistency, thick cream, thick soup, thick smoke, thick fog |
thick
thickly | in quick succession, misfortunes come fast and thick |
| thickly thick | with a thick consistency, the blood was flowing thick |