Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A fight marked by an extended exchange of heavy blows.
- n. Baseball Slang A game in which there are many hits and runs scored.
Wiktionary
- n. baseball, slang A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs
- n. boxing, slang A boxing match or fight marked by a heavy exchange of blows
- n. sports A game or match in which heavy hits are exchanged
WordNet 3.0
- n. a fight with bare fists
Etymologies
- slug + -fest (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Linesmen: SummaryBack to topDevils win slugfest over Rangers 8-5”
“It's going to be a slugfest, and a slugfest from the baseline.”
“HBO's hit late-night boxing series features a junior welterweight title slugfest and a light heavyweight championship showdown when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: DEVON”
“This web site has degenerated to an immature name calling slugfest serving no purpose.”
“Obama just might get burned by the senior senator because I would give the nod to John on a "slugfest" argument.”
“And how is he playing this out in this kind of slugfest with Huckabee?”
“If they do, it's likely to be the same kind of slugfest this one was, a game where each team traded big runs, and wasn't decided until HHS senior Anitra Anderson converted two free throws with 2.3 seconds remaining the extra period.”
“Since the wild card entrant Ravens are a tough, physical, smash-mouth kind of team, Wilfork predicts a "slugfest" today.”
“KNOXVILLE -- The Tennessee women's basketball team got the kind of slugfest it rarely has seen all season on Sunday night.”
“James Israel tracks the "slugfest" in the Reactions section following indieWIRE's May 5 story.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘slugfest’.
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POL - scandalous (single words only)
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
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POL - cool compounds
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Words I'd Like to Use Someday
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Mollusque's miscellany
A mixture of words that I like or have commented on, along with ones parked here so they'd be listed somewhere or remind me of lists I want to make.
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Baseball terminology
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Skip The Light Fontastic
Fonts whose names are wacky, powerful, intriguing, whimsical, exotic and so on.
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FEDCO
The opposite of the ABC list (prompted by my recent discovery of the awesome word ecballium)
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