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Basketball is what got me out of the projects. It got my momma the house she never had, the car she never had. Nobody is going to get the best of me. You might score more points than me, but you're going to know you were in a dogfight.
Kenyon Martin

Meaning of "dogfight" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOGFIGHT

dogfight  [ˈdɒɡˌfaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOGFIGHT

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dogfight is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOGFIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dogfight

Dogfight

A dogfight, or dog fight, is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft, conducted at close range. Dogfighting first appeared during World War I, shortly after the invention of the airplane. Until at least 1992, it was a component in every major war, despite beliefs after World War II that increasingly greater speeds and longer range weapons would make dogfighting obsolete. Modern terminology for air-to-air combat is air combat maneuvering, which refers to tactical situations requiring the use of individual basic fighter maneuvers to attack or evade one or more opponents. This differs from aerial warfare, which deals with the strategy involved in planning and executing various missions.

Definition of dogfight in the English dictionary

The definition of dogfight in the dictionary is close quarters combat between fighter aircraft. Other definition of dogfight is any rough violent fight.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOGFIGHT


bryophyte
ˈbraɪəˌfaɪt
bullfight
ˈbʊlˌfaɪt
catfight
ˈkætˌfaɪt
cockfight
ˈkɒkˌfaɪt
copyfight
ˈkɒpɪˌfaɪt
dermatophyte
ˈdɜːmətəʊˌfaɪt
endophyte
ˈɛndəʊˌfaɪt
epiphyte
ˈɛpɪˌfaɪt
firefight
ˈfaɪəˌfaɪt
gametophyte
ɡəˈmiːtəʊˌfaɪt
gunfight
ˈɡʌnˌfaɪt
halophyte
ˈhæləʊˌfaɪt
infight
ˈɪnˌfaɪt
macrophyte
ˈmækrəʊˌfaɪt
neophyte
ˈniːəʊˌfaɪt
osteophyte
ˈɒstɪəˌfaɪt
prizefight
ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt
saprophyte
ˈsæprəʊˌfaɪt
sporophyte
ˈspɔːrəʊˌfaɪt
xerophyte
ˈzɪərəˌfaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOGFIGHT

dogberryism
dogbolt
dogcart
dogdom
doge
dogeate
dogedom
dogeship
dogey
dogface
dogfish
dogfood
dogged
doggedly
doggedness
dogger
Dogger Bank
doggerel
doggeries
doggerman

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOGFIGHT

bright
bunfight
copyright
eight
faction fight
fight
fistfight
flight
free fight
height
knight
outfight
pillow fight
prefight
refight
sea fight
snowball fight
straight fight
sword fight
title fight

Synonyms and antonyms of dogfight in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dogfight» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOGFIGHT

Find out the translation of dogfight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dogfight from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dogfight» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

混战
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pelea de perros
570 millions of speakers

English

dogfight
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हवाई लड़ाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بعنف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

воздушный бой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dogfight
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dogfight
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

combat acharné
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dogfight
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Luftkampf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドッグファイト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공중전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dogfight
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trận không chiến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெடிப்பு;
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वैमानिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

it dalaşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

combattimento di cani
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Dogfight
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повітряний бій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Dogfight
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αερομαχία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hondegeveg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dogfight
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dogfight
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dogfight

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOGFIGHT»

The term «dogfight» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.434 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOGFIGHT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dogfight

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QUOTES WITH «DOGFIGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dogfight.
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Kenyon Martin
Basketball is what got me out of the projects. It got my momma the house she never had, the car she never had. Nobody is going to get the best of me. You might score more points than me, but you're going to know you were in a dogfight.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOGFIGHT»

Discover the use of dogfight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dogfight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse
There is an ode to Michele Bachmann, sung to the tune of a Beatles classic (“Michele, our belle/Thinks that gays will all be sent to hell”) and passages on the exit of candidates like Herman Cain (“Although his patter in debates could ...
Calvin Trillin, 2012
2
Special Operations: Dogfight
This is a fast-paced action adventure with plots woven around a historical narrative, with maps included.
Craig Simpson, 2008
3
Dogfight: The Battle of Britain
This book tells the story of Australians and New Zealanders in one of the Second World War’s defining and most memorable campaigns.
Adam Claasen, 2012
4
Dogfight: The Greatest Air Duels of World War II
Covering four air forces, three theaters, and ten iconic fighters, this book is the complete story of head to head aerial combat in World War II. Matching up ten aerial rivals - including Spitfires, Messerschmitts, Mustangs and Zeros - with ...
Tony Holmes, 2013
5
Dogfight, A Love Story: A Novel
The great Queens novel has arrived. From the Hardcover edition.
Matt Burgess, 2010
6
Dogfight: And Other Stories
A collection of ten deeply insightful stories captures with psychological insight the pathos and small triumphs of everyday life, with its fumbling attempts at deeper human relations, disappointments, and moments of grace, in a new edition ...
Michael Knight, 2007
7
Dogfight: the transatlantic battle over Airbus
Dogfight examines the roots of the conflict in the middle sixties and carries the story forward to the tentative agreement on some of the outstanding issues reached by the U.S. administration and the European Commission in the spring of ...
Ian McIntyre, 1992
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Dogfight: War in the Skies
Depicting aircraft in action - from bi- and tri-planes over the trenches of WWI, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, to the stealth technology of the modern jet age - this collection of unique artwork is a great addition to any military ...
Osprey Publishing, 2010
9
Dogfight: True Stories of Dramatic Air Action
Places the reader in the cockpit during some of the greatest air battles of modern warfare.
Alfred Price, 2010
10
Dogfight, and Other Stories
A collection of ten deeply insightful stories captures with psychological insight the pathos and small triumphs of everyday life, with its fumbling attempts at deeper human relations, disappointments, and moments of grace. Original.
Michael Knight, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOGFIGHT»

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Theater review: “Dogfight” works as a love story despite the awful …
Log in with a subscription to read the full story. Each user who logs in with a subscription will be entered in a monthly drawing.*. Logging in with ... «Greeley Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Joint Strike Fighter loses dogfight with aged jet
And, they said, the JSF did not need to “dogfight” to get behind an enemy to shoot it down. If the JSF pilot could see the aircraft on radar or ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
3
The U.S. Air Force Promised the F-4 Would Never Dogfight
The aerial dogfight was not supposed to happen. On May 20, 1967, eight U.S. Air Force F-4C fighters were patrolling over North Vietnam when ... «War is Boring, Jul 15»
4
Ryan says Kildare lucky to emerge from 'dogfight'
Kildare overcame a six-day turnaround to beat Offaly in the qualifiers but manager Jason Ryan admitted they were lucky to come out of a ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
5
One Analyst Predicted the F-35's Dogfight Failure
John Stillion predicted the F-35's dogfight failure seven years ago in a controversial study that, by some accounts, got Stillion fired from a ... «War is Boring, Jul 15»
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F-35 fighter makers leap to its defence after it loses dogfight to …
An extraordinary defence of the troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been issued by the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin, the lead company ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
F-16 beats the F-35 in a test dogfight
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The Pentagon says evaluating the F-35's inability to come out victorious in a dogfight against the very jet it will ... «Standard-Examiner, Jul 15»
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F-35 test pilot says JSF can't dogfight
F-35 test pilot says JSF can't dogfight. Design problems with JSF allows 40-year-old F-16 to consistently outmanoeuvre the sluggish F-35 in ... «Design ENGINEERING, Jul 15»
9
Dogfight: Hawk Attacks RC Plane
Some birds of prey really don't like to share the sky with strange inanimate flying objects, the owner of this RC plane found out the hard way. «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
10
Akron dogfight organizer sentenced to two years in federal prison
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A federal judge sentenced the organizer of an Akron dogfighting ring on Tuesday to two years in prison for what she ... «cleveland.com, Jun 15»

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