Sparring
[spɑr]
Definition
(noun.) an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spar
Typed by Felix
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Wrangling, quarrelling, contention, strife.
Typist: Ursula
Examples
- When this sparring partner came to face Corbett in the imitation ring he was so paralyzed with terror he could hardly move. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Come on,' cried the cabman, who had been sparring without cessation the whole time. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Checker: Sigmund