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 Huge flat-screens split the difference, airing ESPN and Bravo side by side, with football tackles and catfights vying for diners’ attention. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024 Shelly is more socially astute than Donald, and gets into a gnarly catfight with her hubby’s much younger, social-media-climbing personal assistant/girlfriend V. Stiviano (Cleopatra Coleman), who loves flouting how smitten Sterling is with her. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024 Jack Hill uses this location to stage one of the great catfights in exploitation film history. Odie Henderson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 Political consultant/producer Andy Cohen has glamorized the catfight — a step down from Clare Boothe Luce’s The Women. Armond White, National Review, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for catfight 

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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 10 Oct. 2024.

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