'knock-down-and-drag-out' definitions:
Definition of 'knock-down-and-drag-out'
From: WordNet
adjective
Extremely violent; "a knock-down-and-drag-out fight" [syn: knockdown-dragout, knock-down-and-drag-out]
Definition of 'knock-down-and-drag-out'
From: GCIDE
- knock-down-and-drag-out \knock-down-and-drag-out\, knockdown-dragout \knockdown-dragout\adj. marked by extreme violence; -- of fights; also used metaphorically of fierce contests; as, a knock-down-and-drag-out fight; a knockdown-dragout competition for the browser market.
- Syn: ferocious, fierce, knockdown-dragout, tearing. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Synonyms of 'knock-down-and-drag-out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affray,
- altercation,
- barney,
- bickering,
- boisterous,
- brawl,
- broil,
- dispute,
- donnybrook,
- donnybrook fair,
- dustup,
- fight,
- fracas,
- fray,
- free-for-all,
- harum-scarum,
- hassle,
- knockabout,
- melee,
- rambunctious,
- rampageous,
- rhubarb,
- riot,
- roisterous,
- rollicking,
- rough,
- rough-and-tumble,
- row,
- rowdy,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rumpus,
- run-in,
- scrap,
- scrimmage,
- set-to,
- shindy,
- wild