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prizefighting

prizefighting noun: professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize.

Noun

prizefighting (usually uncountable, plural prizefightings)

  1. (usually) Professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize.
    • OF all the people gathered on Ninth Avenue Wednesday night to watch Marc Jacobs's spring 2003 runway show, I'm fairly sure I was the only one thinking about prizefighting.2002 September 22, Ron Fried, “VIEW; Separated at Birth: Fashion and Prize Fights”, in The New York Times

Forms of prizefighting

pluralprizefightings

Origin of prizefighting

See prizefight. Originally Prize Playing, with play referring to sparring, a practice fight. By surface analysis, prize + fighting.

Questions about prizefighting

What does prizefighting mean?
Prizefighting means professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize.
What part of speech is prizefighting?
Prizefighting is a noun.
What is the plural of prizefighting?
The plural of prizefighting is prizefightings.

Words near prizefighting in the dictionary

  1. prizedraw
  2. prizedraws
  3. prizefight
  4. prizefighter
  5. prizefighters
  6. prizefighting
  7. prizefightings
  8. prizefights
  9. prizegiver
  10. prizegivers
  11. prizegiving

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