kickboxer
- noun
- /ˈkɪkˌbɑːkər/
- 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.
- OK, So Andrew had a profile on Bebo and at this point he was a British champion kickboxer.
- He is a fighter, a kickboxer, a artist.
- I'm a super check from Luton, good friend, old guy, old school Bosnian kickboxer.
- World champion, kickboxer, Playboy, pimp, What else you've got?
Examples
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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.
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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.
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She wants to become a professional kickboxer after several years of training and competing.
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The championship match featured two of the top kickboxers from around the world.
Synonyms
A person who fights for a cause or as a job
Surface Forms
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.