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(sparred) 1 syllables

Definition

verb. to fight with words or lightly in practice.

Example Sentence

The two penguins sparred over the best fishing spot.

More Example Sentences

They sparred to improve their fighting skills.

Synonyms

duelled; fenced; spar

Antonyms

reconciled; agreed; settled

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Rhymes

  • ard
  • bard
  • barred
  • byard
  • card
  • chard
  • charred
  • gard
  • garde
  • guard
  • hard
  • huard
  • jarred
  • lard
  • marred
  • nard
  • parde
  • scarred
  • shard
  • sparred
  • starred
  • suard
  • sward
  • tarred
  • yard
  • yarde

  • alard
  • archard
  • barnard
  • bedard
  • belgard
  • bellard
  • benard
  • berard
  • bernard
  • berrard
  • bevard
  • billard
  • boilard
  • bolyard
  • bombard
  • bongard
  • borchard
  • bossard
  • bouchard
  • bouffard
  • bovard
  • bozard
  • brossard
  • brouillard
  • broussard
  • bunyard
  • burchard
  • burnard
  • buzard
  • canard
  • chouinard
  • couillard
  • coulthard
  • deckard
  • denard
  • dennard
  • dewaard
  • disbarred
  • discard
  • drouillard
  • fayard
  • gabbard
  • gallard
  • garard
  • gaspard
  • gerard
  • giard
  • gibbard
  • gillard
  • gilyard
  • girard
  • giscard
  • godard
  • gossard
  • guerard
  • guichard
  • guinyard
  • hilyard
  • icard
  • jarrard
  • lazard
  • maillard
  • marquard
  • mccard
  • menard
  • minard
  • picard
  • pickard
  • regard
  • renard
  • rennard
  • retard
  • revard
  • ricard
  • rocard
  • rouillard
  • suchard

  • avant-garde
  • disregard
  • hypercard
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