gunfight

From gun +‎ fight.

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gunfight (plural gunfights)

1. A battle (or a duel) using small arms.

• bring a knife to a gunfight, take a knife to a gunfight
• gunfighter

gunfight (third-person singular simple present gunfights, present participle gunfighting, simple past and past participle gunfought)

1. To engage in battle using small arms.