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noun

• a fiercely disputed contest

• disorderly fighting

• an aerial engagement between fighter planes

• a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)

verb

• arrange for an illegal dogfight

• engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane

46%11Pettish behavior
noun

• a feeling of sulky resentment

33%7Not pettish?
adjective

• in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated

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