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Kickboxer

Kickboxer

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A 1989 action film about a fighter who takes part in violent matches, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
  • proper noun
: Kickboxer
  • And so I had been watching a lot of different movies, and one that really stuck with me was King of the Kickboxers.
  • Kickboxer III

Examples

  • My favorite action film is Kickboxer, featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a martial artist.

  • When I first watched Kickboxer, I was amazed by the intense fight scenes.

  • The sequel to Kickboxer introduced new themes and challenges for the martial artist.

Surface Forms

Kickboxer main

Morphology

Kickboxer = kick + boxer (transparent) = kick + boxer

The compound clearly combines 'kick' and 'boxer' to mean a person who uses kicks in a fighting/boxing context, which learners can infer from the parts.

Etymology

Kickboxer comes from two simple English words: kick, which means 'to hit with the foot', and boxer, which means 'a fighter who punches'. So the name suggests a fighter who uses both kicks and punches, and that is why the film title Kickboxer fits a martial artist who fights in the ring.