sparred Definition

fought, struggled, clashed, jousted, bickered, squabbled, feuded, wrangled, quarreled, grappled, skirmished, disagreed, warred, talked, haggled, debated, jabbed, campaigned, bantered, questioned, dueled, lobbied, fretted, wrestled, squared, defended, duked, spoken, assailed, quibbled, sniped, brawled, bristled, chatted, quizzed, criticized, railed, vacillated, objected, pitted, challenged, discussed, spat, grumbled, lectured, agonized, scuffled, needled, mulled, conversed, grilled, advocated, argued, politicked, protested, fawned, differed, battled, vied, lambasted, ranted, toyed, upbraided, raged, championed, salivated, dodged, pressed, ducked, expounded, consulted, slugged, chided, broached, shadowboxing, scolded, sidestepped, berated, harped, flirted, vouched, presided, mocked, crusaded, met, griped, rebuked, worked, wavered, asked, peppered, ridiculed, fluctuated, pored, endorsed, chastised, jockeyed, complained, reminisced, pondered,