slugfest
Americannoun
-
a baseball game in which both teams make many runs and extra-base hits.
-
a boxing bout in which the boxers exchange powerful blows vigorously and aggressively with little care for defense.
-
an intense conflict or combat.
noun
-
a boxing match in which opponents trade heavy blows
-
any sporting contest between powerful and evenly matched opponents
Etymology
Origin of slugfest
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But organizers, on the other hand, understand how much audiences would relish a Scheffler-McIlroy slugfest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Resuming at 7-7 on Saturday, the third session of the match was a complete contrast to their epic slugfest on Friday, that produced the longest frame ever played at the famous venue.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
She’ll drop jokes, bits and digs in between the projected slugfest between “One Battle After Another,” “Sentimental Value” and “Sinners.”
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026
McKenzie kicked a penalty to restore the visitors' lead as the game turned into a midfield slugfest which had a distinct end-of-season tang to it.
From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025
“Now where was I? Oh yeah, Hades will be mad at both Zeus and Poseidon, because he doesn’t know who took this. Pretty soon, we got a nice little three-way slugfest going.”
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
