catfight

noun

cat·​fight ˈkat-ˌfīt How to pronounce catfight (audio)
: an intense fight or argument especially between two women

Examples of catfight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web All the subsequent [catfights] that have been forced upon people were not motivated. EW.com, 28 Feb. 2024 Surprisingly, even though emotions are running high, the show is remarkably devoid of the catfights among contestants that are a usual hallmark of the franchise. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023 Outside of his catfights, Rapaport has rubbed elbows with Martin Scorsese, Martin Short and Quentin Tarantino, as hinted in The Masked Singer, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Will Smith. Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023 Previous catfights After severe weather conditions forced Doja Cat to miss a festival performance in Asunción, Paraguay in March 2022, fans online lamented her absence. Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023 As in, a catfight, even if half-engineered by an exhausted producer eager to wrap shooting for the day, is still a catfight. Jensen Davis, The New Republic, 7 May 2021 Although the internet loves to speculate about catfights, there’s no such feud between Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner, according to recent report from Entertainment Tonight. Meg Donohue, ELLE, 10 June 2023 Amnesia, murders, cliffhangers, catfights? Think bigger. Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023 When confronted with these errors, rather than promptly retract their stories, the media outlets decided to cast it as an academic catfight, a narrative perfectly tailored to a conflict-loving audience to spark clicks rather than illuminate the truth. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of catfight was in 1854

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“Catfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catfight. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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