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kickboxer

kickboxer

4 3.6
A person who fights with their hands and feet in a sport
  • noun
  • /ˈkɪkˌbɑːkər/
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  • Why would Hendricks want to tangle with a proficient kickboxer when he can take the fight into his wheelhouse?
  • a former kickboxer

OK, So Andrew had a profile on Bebo and at this point he was a British champion kickboxer.

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Examples

  • Hey, he's a good kickboxer and a pretty good all-around fighter, and you know his last couple of fights he looked really good.

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  • I'm here now, and maybe if some other big kickboxers come to live here, the Americans will get to know them a little bit more.

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  • He is an accountant, but also a fanatical kickboxer.

  • With the win, Petrosyan earns $300,000 American and maintains his status as the best 70kg kickboxer in the world.

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  • In his spare time, he trains hard as a talented kickboxer at the local gym.

  • She wants to become a professional kickboxer after several years of training and competing.

  • The championship match featured two of the top kickboxers from around the world.

Synonyms

fighter
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A person who fights for a cause or as a job

takes part in a specific sport with rules and competition rather than general combat

Surface Forms

kickboxer singular
kickboxers plural

Morphology

kickboxer = kickboxing (transparent) = kick + box + er

The word is a straightforward agent noun meaning a person who does kickboxing.

Etymology

Kickboxer is made from kick ('to hit with the foot') and boxer ('a fighter who punches'). So a kickboxer is a person who both kicks and punches in the sport of kickboxing.