prizefightn.

Brit.

/ˈprʌɪzfʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prize n.³, fight n.

Etymology: < prize n.³ + fight n., after prizefighter n.

A public contest between prizefighters; a boxing match fought for prize money, esp. (in earlier use) an unlicensed one.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > bout or contest > types of

catchweight1723

prizefight1724

defence1855

preliminary1886

rounder1887

title fight1901

title bout1907

eliminator1911

weight1914

slug-fest1916

undercard1926

box-off1967

1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. vi. v. 268 Often wish'd for the Protection of Trajan, for one or for both, as if they had been at a Prize-fight of Gladiators.

1749 P. Francis tr. Horace Wks. II. ii. i. 398 Call for a Prize-fight, or a baited Bear.

1786 A. Becket Trip to Holland 109 The French comedians of this city..labour under a considerable disadvantage, in playing to such a people as the Dutch, who..would rather be present as a prize-fight, or the baiting of a bear.

1805 Times 26 July 3/2 It was a prize fight, in which each had money as an inducement to do an injury to the other.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. v. 326 The stories he had heard of men being killed in prize-fights rose up horribly before him.

1898 Daily News 18 Nov. 4/5 Sir John Bridge said this contest was not, in his opinion, a sparring match, but a prize-fight. He held that fighting for money was a prize-fight, and that was illegal.

1929 B. Russell Marriage & Morals 98 The sadistic pleasure to be derived from watching prize-fights or persecuting radicals.

1961 News (Frederick, Maryland) 6 Mar. 2/5 When his brother became noisy while watching a prize fight on television, Angel Collazzo..thrust a knife into him and pushed him out the door.

1990 R. Baker There's Country in my Cellar iii. viii. 108 I will see a long-awaited welterweight prizefight held last week in Las Vegas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	prizefight
释义	prizefightn. Brit. /ˈprʌɪzfʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prize n.³, fight n. Etymology: < prize n.³ + fight n., after prizefighter n. A public contest between prizefighters; a boxing match fought for prize money, esp. (in earlier use) an unlicensed one. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > bout or contest > types of catchweight1723 prizefight1724 defence1855 preliminary1886 rounder1887 title fight1901 title bout1907 eliminator1911 weight1914 slug-fest1916 undercard1926 box-off1967 1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. vi. v. 268 Often wish'd for the Protection of Trajan, for one or for both, as if they had been at a Prize-fight of Gladiators. 1749 P. Francis tr. Horace Wks. II. ii. i. 398 Call for a Prize-fight, or a baited Bear. 1786 A. Becket Trip to Holland 109 The French comedians of this city..labour under a considerable disadvantage, in playing to such a people as the Dutch, who..would rather be present as a prize-fight, or the baiting of a bear. 1805 Times 26 July 3/2 It was a prize fight, in which each had money as an inducement to do an injury to the other. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. v. 326 The stories he had heard of men being killed in prize-fights rose up horribly before him. 1898 Daily News 18 Nov. 4/5 Sir John Bridge said this contest was not, in his opinion, a sparring match, but a prize-fight. He held that fighting for money was a prize-fight, and that was illegal. 1929 B. Russell Marriage & Morals 98 The sadistic pleasure to be derived from watching prize-fights or persecuting radicals. 1961 News (Frederick, Maryland) 6 Mar. 2/5 When his brother became noisy while watching a prize fight on television, Angel Collazzo..thrust a knife into him and pushed him out the door. 1990 R. Baker There's Country in my Cellar iii. viii. 108 I will see a long-awaited welterweight prizefight held last week in Las Vegas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1724
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