is duel, joust bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, bop, buffet, clobber, hammer, hit, knock, paste, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale box, spar brawl grapple, scuffle, tussle, wrestle bump, collide
pitched battle, rough-and-tumble affray [chiefly British], battle royal, brawl, broil, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée), mix-up, ruckus, ruction blows, fistfight, fisticuffs, grapple, handgrips, punch-out, punch-up [chiefly British], slugfest confrontation, duel, face-off, joust altercation, argle-bargle [chiefly British], argument, argy-bargy [chiefly British], contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tangle, tiff, wrangle catfight.