bare-knuckle

bare-knuckle Definition

bare·-knuckle (ber′nuk′əl)

adjective, adverb

using bare fists rather than boxing gloves a bare-knuckle prizefight, to fight bare-knuckle
without refinement, compromise, etc.; rough a bare-knuckle legal battle

Also bare-knuckled bare′·-knuck′led or occas. bare-knuckles bare′·-knuck′les

bare-knuckle Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

boxing: I read a book on the phenomenon of bare-knuckle boxing from days gone by, a couple of months ago.
fighting: Early bare-knuckle fighting was crude with no written rules.
fight: It was just short of finding an illegal bare-knuckle fight somewhere.
boxer: I wrote last week about the early career of Newark's noted 19th Century bare-knuckle boxer, Harry Paulson ( 1819 - 1890 ).
fighter: Vince enlists his uncle, a bare-knuckle fighter with a very strange accent, to help with Howard's training.
brawl: One home movie, " Black Dudes Fighting " , features a bloody, bare-knuckle brawl between two men in a backyard.

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