v. 1 fight, box, exchange blows; shadow-box He was once the champion's sparring partner 2 dispute, argue, bicker, squabble, wrangle, bandy words, have words; fight, Colloq scrap I have better things to do than spar with you over breakfast every day
SPAR
Meaning of SPAR in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012