'Fighting' definitions:

Definition of 'fighting'

From: WordNet
adjective
Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces" [syn: active, combat-ready, fighting(a)]
noun
The act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" [syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap]

Definition of 'Fighting'

From: GCIDE
  • Fight \Fight\ (f[imac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought (f[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting.] [OE. fihten, fehten, AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw. f[aum]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare to fight, pugnus fist.]
  • 1. To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against. [1913 Webster]
  • You do fight against your country's foes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To fight with thee no man of arms will deign. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance. [1913 Webster]
  • To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fighting'

From: GCIDE
  • Fighting \Fight"ing\, a.
  • 1. Qualified for war; fit for battle. [1913 Webster]
  • An host of fighting men. --2 Chron. xxvi. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [Colloq.]
  • Fighting crab (Zool.), the fiddler crab.
  • Fighting fish (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights. [1913 Webster]