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fisticuffs
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Princeton's WordNet
fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfestnoun
a fight with bare fists
boxing, pugilism, fisticuffsnoun
fighting with the fists
Wiktionary
fisticuffsnoun
An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.
fisticuffsnoun
Bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing done without boxing gloves or similar padding.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Fisticuffsnoun
Battle with the fist; blows with the fist.
Etymology: fist and cuff.
Naked men belabouring one another with snagged sticks, or dully falling together by the ears at fisticuffs. More.
She would seize upon John’s commons; for which they were sure to go to fisticuffs. John Arbuthnot, History of John Bull.
My invention and judgment are perpetually at fisticuffs, ’till they have quite disabled each other. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
fisticuffs
Bare-knuckle boxing (or simply bare-knuckle) is a full-contact combat sport based on punching without any form of padding on the hands. The difference between street fighting and a bare-knuckle boxing match is that the latter has an accepted set of rules, such as not striking a downed opponent. The rules that provided the foundation for bare-knuckle boxing for much of the 18th and 19th centuries were the London Prize Ring Rules. By the late 19th century, professional boxing moved from bare-knuckle to using boxing gloves. The last major world heavyweight championship happened in 1889 and was held by John L. Sullivan. The American National Police Gazette magazine was recognized as sanctioning the world championship titles. Bare-knuckle boxing has seen a resurgence in the 21st century with the English promotion BKB (Bare Knuckle Boxing) along with other UK promotions such as Warrington’s UBKB (Ultimate Bare Knuckle Boxing) and Bare Fist Boxing Association (BFBA) & American promotion Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) and BYB Extreme (BYB) based out of Miami Florida. In September 2022 it was announced that Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship had acquired the UK organisation Bare Fist Boxing Association (BFBA) to form Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship UK (BKFC UK). The move meant that BKFC would now regularly hold shows throughout the United Kingdom.
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fisticuffs
Fisticuffs is a term for a physical altercation or fight that specifically involves fists or hand-to-hand combat. It is often used to depict a brawl or scuffle in a humorous or old-fashioned way.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fisticuffs in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fisticuffs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of fisticuffs in a Sentence
I remember... there was some kind of fight after Elephant's screening, there was a fisticuffs about whether it was good or bad, they were punching each other and that was at Cannes.
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