Infighting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  infighting \infighting\ n. [in- + fighting.]
     1. contention among members of the same organization (usually
        concealed from outsiders), sometimes of a bitter, intense,
        or prolonged character.
  
     Note: [Such infighting may lead to {factionalism}.] PJC]


  
     2. fighting, such as boxing, at close quarters.
        [PJC]
  
     3. rough-and-tumble, free-for-all fighting.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  in-fighting
       n 1: conflict between members of the same organization (usually
            concealed from outsiders)
       2: boxing at close quarters

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "infighting":
     Chinese boxing, aggressiveness, bellicosity, belligerence,
     bickering, bout, boxing, boxing match, close fighting,
     combativeness, contentiousness, dissension, dissent, dissidence,
     faction, factiousness, fighting, fisticuffs, flak, irascibility,
     irritability, litigiousness, partisan spirit, partisanship,
     prizefight, prizefighting, pugilism, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness,
     savate, shadowboxing, shrewishness, spar, the clinches, the fights,
     the ring