Pugilism

ahd-5
  • noun. The skill, practice, and sport of fighting with the fists; boxing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The art or practice of boxing or fighting with the fists.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. fighting with fists, boxing
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. fighting with the fists
    • Word Usage
    "It may be that for a long time some nations will continue to fight each other, but the example of those nations who prefer arbitration to war, law courts to the battlefield, must sooner or later influence the belligerent powers and make war as unpopular as pugilism is now."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    contact sport  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    fight  infighting  professional boxing  rope-a-dope  spar  
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