rowing
noun
[ ˈrəʊɪŋ ]
• the sport or pastime of propelling a boat by means of oars.
row
verb
• propel (a boat) with oars.
• "out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy"
Origin:
Old English rōwan, of Germanic origin; related to rudder; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus ‘oar’, Greek eretmon ‘oar’.
row
verb
• have a quarrel.
• "they rowed about who would receive the money from the sale"
Similar:
argue,
quarrel,
squabble,
bicker,
have a row/fight,
fight,
fall out,
disagree,
fail to agree,
differ,
be at odds,
have a misunderstanding,
be at variance,
have words,
dispute,
spar,
wrangle,
bandy words,
cross swords,
lock horns,
be at each other's throats,
be at loggerheads,
scrap,
go at it hammer and tongs,
argufy,
altercate,
chop logic,
fratch,
Origin:
mid 18th century: of unknown origin.
