ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bare-knuckling

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Bare-knuckling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of bare-knuckle.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of bare-knuckle.

More Meanings

  1. Boxing that is done without boxing gloves.
  2. Ruthless competition.

Example Sentences

In fact, the ring's transition from bare-knuckling to boxing was, in practical effect, only a slight move forward.
But there were danger signs in the polls that Carter's bare-knuckling was debasing what one aide called “his strongest positive: you Jimmy the Mean says he's sorry, and Ronald Reagan scrambles for the middle of the road.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bare-handedness, knickerlessness, barehandedness, no-hander, knoblessness, glovelessness.

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