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kickboxing

kickboxing

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Describes things or people from the sport where people kick and punch
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɪkˌbɑːksɪŋ/
translation icon : de kickboxing
  • She wore special gloves designed for kickboxing to protect her hands during training.

But yeah, the kickboxing gym certainly reshaped my mentality.

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Examples

  • Colin ended up being a kickboxing champion, amateur champion and the British cruiserweight kickboxing champion.

  • Just locked out of her class, her self-defense Taekwondo Kung Fu kickboxing class to say Kevin, I heard it.

  • I will say we did, and we put a picture out on social media, view kickboxing, and it's white tie, white tie kickboxing.

  • It's kickboxing plus a shield, kickboxing plus a Iron Man suit, kickboxing plus a bow.

  • But yeah, the kickboxing gym certainly reshaped my mentality.

  • Many fitness enthusiasts enjoy kickboxing classes for both exercise and self-defense training.

  • The new gym offers an exciting kickboxing program for beginners and experienced fighters alike.

Surface Forms

kickboxing positive

Morphology

kickboxing = kickboxing (transparent) = kick + box + ing

The adjective is a straightforward relational use of the noun 'kickboxing', whose internal structure is transparently related to kicking and boxing.

Etymology

Kickboxing used as an adjective keeps the same parts: kick ('to hit with the foot') and boxing ('fighting with the hands'). So a kickboxing class, glove, or tournament means it is about the sport of kicks and punches.