tug-of-war (n.)

• action
• affray
• attraction
• battle
• brush
• bullfight
• clash
• cockfight
• combat
• conflict
• dogfight
• draft
• drawing
• embroilment
• extraction
• fight
• fray
• haulage
• hauling
• heaving
• pull
• pulling
• quarrel
• rumble
• scramble
• scrimmage
• scuffle
• skirmish
• struggle
• tauromachy
• towage
• towing
• traction
• tussle