1. An aerial engagement between fighter planes
   "The pilot emerged victorious from the intense dogfight"
    
2. A violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)
   "The authorities raided an illegal dogfight operation"
    
3. A fiercely disputed contest
   "a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract"; "their rancour dated from a political dogfight between them"; "a real dogfight for third place"
    
4. Disorderly fighting
   "The children got into a dogfight over the last piece of candy";
   - hassle [N. Amer, informal], scuffle, tussle, rough-and-tumble

1. Engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane
   "The pilots dogfought over enemy territory"
    
2. Arrange for an illegal dogfight
   "The criminals were caught dogfighting in an abandoned warehouse"

Derived forms: dogfights, dogfighting, dogfought

Type of: arrange, battle, combat, competition, conflict, contest, engagement, fight, fighting, scrap, stage

Encyclopedia: Dogfight