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padwork

padwork noun: training with pads on the hands to reduce the risk of injury.

Noun

padwork (uncountable)

  1. Training with pads on the hands to reduce the risk of injury.
    • Following this is another four to five rounds of padwork with the Thai trainers before one practises his punches and kicks on the bags.2016, Lionel Loh Han Loong, The Body and Senses in Martial Culture, page 37

Origin of padwork

From pad + work.

Questions about padwork

What does padwork mean?
Padwork means training with pads on the hands to reduce the risk of injury.
What part of speech is padwork?
Padwork is a noun.

Words near padwork in the dictionary

  1. Padumuttara
  2. Paduraru
  3. Padus
  4. padwal
  5. padwals
  6. padwork
  7. padyatra
  8. padyatras
  9. padymelon
  10. padymelons
  11. Padé approximant

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