dogfighting
noun1
A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.
- Dogfighting is illegal in most countries.
2
Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, War Close combat between two military aircraft.
- Here, in fighter-pilot language, you're taught the real essential — dogfighting, man-against-man, plane-against-plane — and in a way they never taught us.1972 February 23, Kevin V. Brown, “Space-Age Dogfighting”, in Popular Science, page 74:
- Related terms
- dogfight, dogfighter, cockfighting, bullfighting