Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fighting words

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: fight-ing -words
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Aggressive remarks that foreseeably may lead to a potentially violent confrontation.

noun

Words or remarks that are often considered a form of mitigation for otherwise sanctionable behavior (such as fighting).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

fighting word (singular)

Questions

What does fighting words mean?: Aggressive remarks that foreseeably may lead to a potentially violent confrontation.

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