Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A naval battle.

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Examples

  • Mark and I literally got into a water-fight yesterday.

    Dancing's Chelsea Kane: We Won't Break Any Rules This Week 2011

  • A full-blown, running up and down the halls, throwing cups at each other water-fight.

    Dancing's Chelsea Kane: We Won't Break Any Rules This Week 2011

  • Some other fellow would prefer writing the great American novel to winning the water-fight or mastering the horse.

    The Colony of Snark 2006

  • I'd rather win a water-fight in the swimming pool, or remain astride a horse that is trying to get out from under me, than write the great

    The Colony of Snark 2006

  • I'd rather win a water-fight in the swimming pool, or remain astride a horse that is trying to get out from under me, than write the great American novel.

    ARDENT HEART 2003

  • The college began needling him for the water-fight damages, as well as second-semester tuition.

    It's Like This, Cat 1963

  • The college began needling him for the water-fight damages, as well as second-semester tuition.

    It’s like this, cat Emily Neville

  • Camp Judson had awakened, had had a fiercely contested water-fight, had breakfasted, tidied up, and most of its inmates scattered in quest of adventures, before the tired girls of _Poco Tiempo_ gathered for the morning meal.

    Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party Edyth Ellerbeck Read 1924

  • I'd rather win a water-fight in the swimming pool, or remain astride a horse that is trying to get out from under me, than write the great

    Chapter 1 -- Foreword 1913

  • Some other fellow would prefer writing the great American novel to winning the water-fight or mastering the horse.

    Chapter 1 -- Foreword 1913

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