Definition of contest

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Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

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Scrambler :: Scrambler (n.) A greedy and unceremonious contestant.
Round :: Round (n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass..
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them..
Agonistical :: Agonistical (a.) Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses..
Spar :: Spar (v. i.) To contest in words; to wrangle.
Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight contest.
Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..
Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
Spar :: Spar (n.) A contest at sparring or boxing.
Brush :: Brush (n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed..
Prize :: Prize (n.) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort..
Contestingly :: Contestingly (adv.) In a contending manner.
Train :: Train (v. i.) To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race..
Politics :: Politics (n.) The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery..
Sharpshooting :: Sharpshooting (n.) A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument..
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..
Match :: Match (v.) A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons..
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