ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun plural
also chicken-fights
Etymology: so called from a children's game in which each of two participants tries to decapitate the other's flower by pulling on the stem of his own, one spurred petal (likened to a cock's spur) of which is interlocked with that of his adversary's flower
: the flowers of several violets (as Viola cucullata ) one petal of which is spurred