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bare-knuckle
Or -Գܳ·
[bair-nuhk-uhl]
adjective
(of a boxer) wearing no boxing gloves.
These are bare-knuckle kids who need to learn a higher level of boxing.
(of a boxing match or other fight) without gloves.
a bare-knuckle brawl.
without regard for rules or niceties; rough-and-tumble.
a bare-knuckle approach to judicial reform.
adverb
without boxing gloves.
He’s a scrappy guy who likes to fight bare-knuckle.
in a manner that bypasses rules and niceties.
If we have to take on these land developers bare-knuckle, we will.
bare-knuckle
adjective
without boxing gloves
a bare-knuckle fight
aggressive and without reservations
a bare-knuckle confrontation
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bare-knuckle1
Example Sentences
It was gloves off, bare-knuckle stuff in all its ugliness.
The creator of ‘Peaky Blinders’ is back on his Victorian turf with a story of bare-knuckle boxing in East London, starring Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty and Malachi Kirby.
With one month to election day, the contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is the electoral equivalent of a bare-knuckle brawl.
Alatorre was nevertheless able to distinguish himself fast with his bare-knuckle style.
Perry, 32, left the UFC in 2021 and has become one of the most recognisable faces in the emerging bare-knuckle fighting scene in the US.
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