Definitions for slugfest

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slugfest slug·fest

Spelling: [sluhg-fest]

IPA: /ˈslʌgˌfɛst/

Slugfest is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 170 anagrams from letters in slugfest (efglsstu).

Definitions for slugfest

noun

1. a baseball game in which both teams make many runs and extra-base hits.
2. a boxing bout in which the boxers exchange powerful blows vigorously and aggressively with little care for defense.
3. an intense conflict or combat.

Origin of slugfest

First recorded in 1915-20; slug² + fest

Examples for slugfest

The Wall Street Journal launched its New York section today, sparking a slugfest with The New York Times.

Pundits have mused about the Eisenhower-Petraeus comparison before, but the Afghanistan slugfest gives it new relevance.

After all, the Fox News faceoff has all the elements needed for a slugfest.

But if Gingrich heads to the showers, a Romney-Santorum slugfest could go all the way to Tampa.

“It was encouraging,” Bob Schuman, of an independent committee called Americans for Rick Perry, said of the two-hour GOP slugfest.