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sparred

verb

Meaning

  1. To bolt, bar.
  2. To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
  3. To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
  4. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
  5. To contest in words; to wrangle.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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