dogfight

See also: dog-fight and dog fight

English

Etymology

From dog +‎ fight.

Noun

dogfight (plural dogfights)

A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
The two bi-planes swirled around each other like angry wasps in a violent dogfight.
A fight between dogs.

Translations

fight between dogs

Italian: combattimento tra cani m

fight between military aircraft

German: Luftkampf (de) m

Italian: combattimento aereo m

Verb

dogfight (third-person singular simple present dogfights, present participle dogfighting, simple past and past participle dogfought)

To engage in a battle between fighter planes.
Missiles exhausted, the pilot was forced to close and dogfight with his opponent.