fisticuffs

Other forms of fisticuffs

plural

fisticuffses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fisticuffs

What does fisticuffs mean?

fisticuffs means "a fight with bare fists". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fisticuffs?

fisticuffs has 3 syllables: fis-ti-cuffs. The stress falls on "fis". In IPA it is /ˈfɪstɪˌkʌfs/.

What is another word for fisticuffs?

Close synonyms include fistfight, slugfest, boxing, pugilism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fisticuffs a common word?

fisticuffs is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.