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chess boxing

chess boxing noun: a hybrid sport involving alternating rounds of chess and boxing.

Noun

chess boxing (uncountable)

  1. A hybrid sport involving alternating rounds of chess and boxing.

Forms of chess boxing

alternative formchessboxing

Origin of chess boxing

Coined by Enki Bilal in 1992

Questions about chess boxing

What does chess boxing mean?
Chess boxing means a hybrid sport involving alternating rounds of chess and boxing.
What part of speech is chess boxing?
Chess boxing is a noun.

Words near chess boxing in the dictionary

  1. chess
  2. chess board
  3. chess boards
  4. chess boxer
  5. chess boxers
  6. chess boxing
  7. chess cake
  8. chess cakes
  9. chess clock
  10. chess clocks
  11. chess engine

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