bare knuckle
bare knuckle adjective: without boxing gloves. Also the alternative form of bare-knuckle.
Adjective
bare knuckle (comparative more bare knuckle, superlative most bare knuckle)
- Without boxing gloves
- As a former four-time bare knuckle UFC veteran, and MMA veteran Hall of Fame coach of the year, I know they are effective and valuable to any person as a form of self defense, whether experienced or novice.2008, Waysun "Johnny" Tsai, Paula Lazarz, Practical Kung-Fu Street Defense, →ISBN
- I crave the softness of human touch, rather than the bone-crushing feel of bare knuckle fighting.2008, Peter Hall, Do You Want to Go to Jail Today?, →ISBN, page 142
- Ruthlessly competitive
- But aggressive management maneuvers like that were missing from the paper's speculations (10/25/95) about labor's return to "bare knuckle tactics."1996, Extra! - Volumes 9-10, page 6
- This raises a third and final question: How should basic research be saved in a world of bare knuckle competition?2012, Christian Schierenbeck, Fixing Higher Education, →ISBN
Also used as
bare knuckle is also the alternative form of bare-knuckle.
Forms of bare knuckle
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more bare knuckle |
| superlative | most bare knuckle |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bare knuckles |
| present participle | bare knuckling |
| past participle | bare knuckled |
| past | bare knuckled |
Questions about bare knuckle
- What does bare knuckle mean?
- Bare knuckle means without boxing gloves.
- What part of speech is bare knuckle?
- Bare knuckle is an adjective.
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