Definition of contest

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Contest (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter..

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Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
Match :: Match (v.) A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like.
Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Contest; struggle; quarrel.
Brabble :: Brabble (v. i.) To clamor; to contest noisily.
Day :: Day (n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc..
Puke :: Puke (v. i.) To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.
Agonistical :: Agonistical (a.) Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural..
Vie :: Vie (v. i.) To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition..
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A struggle or contest of any kind.
Corinthian :: Corinthian (a.) Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.).
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar..
Play :: Play (v. t.) To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball..
Scrambler :: Scrambler (n.) A greedy and unceremonious contestant.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.
Tug :: Tug (n.) A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort..
Warfare :: Warfare (n.) Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
Prize :: Prize (n.) A contest for a reward; competition.
Litigate :: Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause..
Brangle :: Brangle (n.) A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.
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