bare-knuckling

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

bare-knuckling

  1. present participle and gerund of bare-knuckle

Noun[edit]

bare-knuckling (uncountable)

  1. Boxing that is done without boxing gloves.
    • 1979, Don Atyeo, Blood & guts, violence in sports, page 168:
      In fact, the ring's transition from bare-knuckling to boxing was, in practical effect, only a slight move forward.
  2. Ruthless competition.
    • 1980, Newsweek - Volume 96, page 312:
      But there were danger signs in the polls that Carter's bare-knuckling was debasing what one aide called “his strongest positive: you Jimmy the Mean says he's sorry, and Ronald Reagan scrambles for the middle of the road.
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