fighting
Engaged in war or other conflict.
Adjective 2 meanings
Engaged in war or other conflict.
Apt to provoke a fight.
Noun 2 meanings
The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
Etymology
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.
FIGHTING at a glance
FIGHTING has 8 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (F 4 + I 1 + G 2 + H 4 + T 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,232 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fighting
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- LIGHTING13
- SIGHTING13
- RIGHTING13
- WIGHTING16
- HIGHTING16
- BIGHTING15
- DIGHTING14
- PIGHTING15
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