fight song
nounDefinition of fight song
: a song used to inspire enthusiasm usually during an athletic competition
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Nothing yells out school spirit better than its mascot running across a football field with the fight song blaring from the stands. — Yvette Orozco Staff Writer, Houston Chronicle, "Pasadena ISD mascots have sparked legends, fierce pride," 23 Aug. 2019 Still, the setting occasions some lovely period fight songs and spirituals sung by the cast, plus one noxious cigar wielded by a superior officer. — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, "Review: A Civil War ‘Othello’ rages at Livermore Shakespeare Fest," 9 July 2019 The losing secretary would have to wear school garb from the other state while singing that school’s fight song, the two agreed in a conversation moderated by LaRose’s chief of staff, Merle Madrid. — Laura Hancock, cleveland.com, "Are the days of Ohio tax ‘rebates’ over? Capitol Letter," 19 June 2019 This was an era when fight songs — performed by bands at the stadium — were the norm. — A.j. Perez, USA TODAY, "'Fly, Eagles, Fly' has become rally cry for Philadelphia fans, players," 30 Jan. 2018 Brian Westbrook leads stadium in first Eagles fight song. — Anna Orso, Philly.com, "With Eagles' Super Bowl win, fans turn Minneapolis into Philadelphia north," 4 Feb. 2018 Details of the 339th Infantry’s arrival to the tune of the University of Michigan fight song come from Mr. Kennan’s book and Lt. — WSJ, "Archangel Endnotes," 9 Nov. 2018 Unlike the preliminary round, where each of the three routines, band dance, crowd leading cheer, and fight song, are done separately, all three are combined in the finals. — Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, "Kingwood Park cheer wins fight song at state," 21 Jan. 2018 On Thursday, the Northwestern band played the school fight song as guests filed onto Wilson Field in the new fieldhouse. — Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, "Northwestern unveils new Ryan Fieldhouse athletics facility," 6 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fight song.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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