1 a formal fight with weapons between two people, used in the past to settle a quarrel, especially over a matter of honour:
to fight / win a duel * to challenge sb to a duel
2 a competition or struggle between two people or groups:
a verbal duel * The race turned out to be a great duel between Meade and the eventual winner, Chris Stoney.
duel verb (-ll-, AmE -l-):
[V] The two men duelled to the death.
