cut-and-thrust

A noun referring to a type of close combat involving cutting and thrusting movements with a knife or similar weapon.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen Nahkampf mit Hieb- und Stichwaffen oder allgemein ein heftiges, enges Handgemenge beschreibt; auch bildlich für eine erbitterte Auseinandersetzung.

1. Knife fighting C1 formal

   A type of close combat involving the use of knives, characterized by slashing and stabbing motions.

   • The soldier trained in the art of cut-and-thrust.
   • Historical fencing often includes cut-and-thrust techniques.
   • The duel devolved into a brutal cut-and-thrust exchange.

   🇩🇪Messerklämpfe

2. Intense competition or debate C1 informal british

   A situation characterized by vigorous, aggressive, and often competitive argument or rivalry.

   • The cut-and-thrust of political debate can be exhausting.
   • She thrived in the cut-and-thrust of the business world.
   • The courtroom was filled with the cut-and-thrust of legal arguments.

   🇩🇪Harter Wettbewerb oder hitzige Debatte

   Synonyme: rough-and-tumblesparringtusslewrangling

• cut-and-thrusts plural form
• cut-and-thrusts' possessive plural form
• cut-and-thrust's possessive singular form