A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
The tort whose action is such an act.
The crime whose action is such an attempt.
To threaten or harass.
To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling.
An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.
To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker.
Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.
To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.
To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university.
To make harsh noises as if quarrelling.
To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
To herd (horses or other livestock).
To manage or supervise (people).