noun
Meaning 1
A play fight that involves hitting others with pillows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
pillow fight
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɪləʊ ˌfaɪt/
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General-American: /ˈpɪloʊ ˌfaɪt/
verb
Meaning 2
To participate in a pillow fight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 3
a child's game of fighting with pillows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: child's game
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 枕頭戰 /枕头战 (zhěntóu zhàn) — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Danish: pudekamp — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Finnish: tyynysota — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- French: bataille de polochons — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- French: combat d'oreillers — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- French: bataille d'oreillers — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- German: Kissenschlacht — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- German: Polsterschlacht — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Greek: μαξιλαροπόλεμος (maxilaropólemos) — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Hungarian: párnacsata — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Japanese: 枕投げ (makura nage) — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Norwegian: putekrig — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Portuguese: guerra de travesseiros — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Russian: бой поду́шками (boj podúškami) — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Russian: поду́шечный бой (podúšečnyj boj) — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Spanish: pelea con almohadas — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Swedish: kuddkrig — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Turkish: yastık savaşı — a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows
- Greek: μαξιλαρώνω (maxilaróno) — to fight with pillows