spar
/spɑɹ/ verb C2- To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
- To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
- To contest in words; to wrangle.
He/she/it spars · Past sparred · Past participle sparred · -ing form sparring
Verb forms
- Base form
- spar
- He/she/it
- spars
- Past
- sparred
- Past participle
- sparred
- -ing form
- sparring
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