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ringside

ringside

11 5.8
Seats right next to a boxing or wrestling ring with a clear view
  • noun
  • /ˈrɪŋˌsaɪd/
translation icon : asiento junto al ring
  • She purchased a ringside ticket to watch the wrestling event up close.

I'm talking about in terms of ringside seats last July, not this past July, but July for that Terence Crawford going up against Errol Spence.

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Examples

  • Buy yourself a ringside seat now, Francisco, before the price soars.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • What everyone at ringside, including Froch and his promoter Eddie Hearn, acknowledged was the improvement in Froch's game.

    Blog text (28)
  • This is the best ringside seat.

  • Will you save me a ringside seat?

  • "What you have here for the next 24 hours is a ringside seat."

    Blog text (12)
  • Tickets went on sale on October 23, and the ringside sections are already sold out.

    Blog text (3)
  • "It's very easy to make that judgment from a ringside seat.

    Blog text (11)
  • As good as the words are, the pictures tell the tale, including powerful shots taken at ringside.

    Blog text (17)
  • We broke the story on Tuesday night as Cody was receiving medical attention at ringside.

    Blog text (17)
  • Mathews and JBL were shown at ringside discussing the Survivor Series elimination match.

    Blog text (34)

Synonyms

courtside
vsringside
7 4.1

Seats or area next to a sports court where people sit close to the action

refers to seats next to combat rings not beside courts
ringside seat
vsringside
5 3.7

A place very close to the action at a sporting event or show that lets you watch events up close

is specific to seats beside combat rings with an unobstructed view

Compounds

A place very close to the action at a sporting event or show that lets you watch events up close

Surface Forms

ringside singular
ringsides plural

Morphology

ringside = ring + side (transparent) = ring + side

A straightforward compound 'ring' + 'side' meaning the area beside the ring, which learners can easily infer.

Etymology

Ringside comes from the parts ring and side, with ring meaning 'a circle or the boxing ring' and side meaning 'edge'. So ringside refers to the seats at the edge of the boxing ring and today means the area right next to the ring where you can see the action clearly.