noun
- a violent fight between dogs.
- a fight between warring fighter planes.
- any rough-and-tumble physical battle.
verb (used with object), dog·fought, dog·fight·ing.
- to engage in a dogfight with.
verb (used without object), dog·fought, dog·fight·ing.
- to engage in a dogfight.
noun
- close quarters combat between fighter aircraft
- any rough violent fight
“aerial combat,” World War I air forces slang, from earlier meaning “riotous brawl” (1880s); from dog (n.) + fight (n.). The literal sense of “a fight among or between dogs” is from 1650s.