water fights

Summertime soaking skirmishes

Water fights are playful battles in which participants spray, splash, or douse each other with water using hoses, water balloons, squirt guns, buckets, or whatever's handy.

A warm-weather activity associated with children, though adults join in: The neighborhood water fight lasted all afternoon.

Also called water wars.

Related
  • poolCollective fund or basin
  • splashLiquid scattering on impact
  • drenchSoak something completely
  • soakSaturate with liquid
  • summerYear's warmest season

getting soaked · hose · garden hose · squirt guns · balloons · buckets · sprinklers · slip and slide · spray · squirts · sponges · backyards · ambush · swimming pools · birthday parties · beaches · family gatherings · campgrounds

Categories
Opposites
wetness/dryness

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Playful bedroom skirmishes

laser tag · sandbox play · tag · hide and seek · dodgeball

element involved

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Hurling packed ice recreationally

mud fights · food fights · pillow fights

playfulness vs. seriousness

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Hand-to-hand combat encounters

brawls · military exercises · boxing matches · street fights

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G