kickboxing
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 30
- Words With Friends
- 34
- Letters
- 10
Definition of kickboxing
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.
“Ex world’s champion [Georges] Carpentier was also expert at kick-boxing.”
“The Japanese kickboxing gym, recently opened in the Thai capital, had been a great success”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese キックボクシング (kikkubokushingu), from English kick + boxing. Possibly coined by Japanese businessman Osamu Noguchi in 1964.
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