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sparring

verb

Meaning

  • To bolt, bar.

  • To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.

verb

Meaning

  • To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

  • To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

  • To contest in words; to wrangle.

noun

Meaning

  • The act of one who spars.