spar
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(verb) fight verbally; "They were sparring all night" |
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Related Words: argue, contend, debate, fence |
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2. |
(verb) box lightly |
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Related Words: box |
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3. |
(verb) fight with spurs; of gamecocks in cockfights |
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Related Words: fight, struggle |
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(noun) a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging |
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Related Words: boom, bowsprit, dolphin striker, gaff, jibboom, martingale, mast, pole, sprit, yard |
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(noun) any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable |
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Related Words: calcite, feldspar, felspar, mineral |
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