fighting

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪtɪŋ/

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fighting

1. present participle of fight

• fighting chance

fighting

1. Engaged in war or other conflict.
2. Apt to provoke a fight.
   • 1925 April 11, "Books", in The New Yorker, page 26:

     It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.

   • 1947, Hold That Lion! (film):

     Them's fighting words in my country!

   • 2003, Marjorie Kelly, The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, →ISBN, page xi:

     Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused.

• fighting words

fighting (plural fightings)

1. A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
   • 1613, “The Costlie Whore”, in A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV.‎:

     Then here the warres end, here our fightings marde, Yet by your leave Ile stand upon my Guard.

   • 1840, Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History‎:

     Seid had fallen in the War of Tabuc, the first of Mahomet's fightings with the Greeks.

   • 1860, John Yeardley, Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel‎:

     A good many soldiers, and some officers, were present; but the expression of our dissent from all wars and fightings had not displeased them, for they shook hands with US most kindly.

• Korean: 화이팅 (hwaiting)

Borrowed from Korean 화이팅 (hwaiting) or 파이팅 (paiting), from English fighting.

fighting

1. (slang) go for it (to put maximum effort into achieving something)

   • 附中六年，套路滿滿，一定帶著喜訊回來！附中人fighting！ [MSC, trad.]
     附中六年，套路满满，一定带着喜讯回来！附中人fighting！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, 关晓彤晒高中最后一课 抬腿贴黑板摆拍, 新浪娱乐

     Fùzhōng liù nián, tàolù mǎnmǎn, yīdìng dài zhe xǐxùn huílái! Fùzhōngrén fighting! [Pinyin]

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   • 運動會使整個人精神起來！正在衝向馬甲線寶寶們的行列中！fighting！ [MSC, trad.]
     运动会使整个人精神起来！正在冲向马甲线宝宝们的行列中！fighting！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, 赵本山女儿晒健身照 短发清爽欲练马甲线, 新浪娱乐

     Yùndònghuì shǐ zhěnggè rén jīngshén qǐlái! Zhèngzài chōng xiàng mǎjiǎxiàn bǎobaomen de hángliè zhōng! Fighting! [Pinyin]

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   • 大喬fighting！ [MSC, trad.]
     大乔fighting！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018, 《脱身》玩转粉色幽默 陈坤万茜“放飞自我”, 网易娱乐

     Dà Qiáo fighting! [Pinyin]

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This expression doesn't mean "fighting", but an encouragement.