bare-knuckled
Collocations
4ADJ.
cold
VERB + BARE-KNUCKLED
fought, training
BARE-KNUCKLED + NOUN
bouts, fist
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
adj
Synonym of bare-knuckle.
Frank Slavin, who fought both bare-knuckled and gloved bouts, was the heavyweight champion of Australia and boxed in the United States, Canada and England.
Well, it's hard to knock a tough man cold with bare-knuckled head punches.
Synonym of bare-knuckle.
His return – armed with a set peppered with Clash classics such as 'London Calling' and 'White Man In Hammersmith Palais' – had the old bare-knuckled punks from 1977 literally in tears.
Recent electoral battles in the city had been closely contested, bare-knuckled affairs, each party routinely accusing the other of cheating.
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Synonyms
adjective — characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3Frank Slavin, who fought both bare-knuckled and gloved bouts, was the heavyweight champion of Australia and boxed in the United States, Canada and England.
WiktionaryWell, it's hard to knock a tough man cold with bare-knuckled head punches.
WiktionaryHowever, Dean was hardly a nature lover, so his attention immediately went to eight men in the backyard, who were training in bare-knuckled fist fighting—three white men and five colored men.
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