ringsiden.adj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈrɪŋsʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˈrɪŋˌsaɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.¹, side n.¹

Etymology: < ring n.¹ + side n.¹

A. n.

The area immediately surrounding a boxing or wrestling ring or other arena for sport or spectacle. More generally: the area which accommodates spectators; the scene surrounding an activity. Also in extended use: the area immediately next to a stage.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > accommodation for spectators

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scaffolding1537

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box seat1779

spectatory1829

ringside1849

box1860

ring-seat1889

ringside seat1897

terracing1902

terrace1950

1849 Era 16 Dec. 6/2 In a moment, the ring-side was deserted.

1854 Life & Battles of Yankee Sullivan 92/2 The Spider was the first to appear at the ring side, and it was some twenty minutes before he was followed by his opponent.

1860 Times 25 Apr. 9/4 On the ‘ring side’ of the course were Richmond, Ebony, Tom Bowline, and Merrimac nearly level with the lot above mentioned.

1866 Sat. Rev. 24 Feb. 232/1 He was..quite at home at the ringside in a prize-fight.

1926 E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xv. 167 I had taken six seats..three of them were barreras, the first row at the ringside.

1930 P. W. Slosson Great Crusade x. 278 A radio hook-up brought the whole nation to the [prize] ring side.

1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xix. 178 There at the ring-side was Mrs. Helen Hironimus, the Alderson warden.

1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 25 Tony Buss, his opening partner, was far more dangerous to face than he looked from the ringside.

1988 K. Blady Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame iii. ix. 86 As Nat Fleischer, who was at ringside, described the scene, the house was filled to the brim and overwhelmingly Irish.

2005 K. Hopkins & M. Beard Colosseum iv. 111 Unless they brought their own parasols or wide-brimmed hats, prestige at the ringside carried a price in sweat and sunburn.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of, relating to, or positioned at a ringside. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1896 A. Conan Doyle Rodney Stone 12 [Prize fighting] fostered ringside ruffianism.

1926 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 20/1 With ringside photographs of the championship fight miraculously appearing in Western dailies on the worst morning-after in Dempsey's career.

1986 Ring Aug. 11/2 His habit of spitting every few seconds endeared him to very few of the ringside photographers draped near the apron.

1992 Daily Mirror TV Weekly 3 Oct. 11/3 Poor attempt to squeeze a little more out of the, by now, done-to-death ringside melodrama.

2006 S. Beekman Ringside v. 83 The television era also created a new occupation related to the wrestling industry—ringside announcers.

C. adv.

At the ringside at a boxing or wrestling event; as a spectator close to the arena or stage.

ΚΠ

1916 Vanity Fair Nov. 67/1 The representation enlisted much of the talent for which the Metropolitan is famous, including Mrs. DePuyster Stuyvesant, in her black pearls, ringside.

1958 Jet 27 Feb. 32 (caption) Sammy Does Elvis:..Elvis, sitting ringside, roared with laughter at brilliant imitation.

1991 Jet 14 Jan. 50/2 Taylor was ringside as a celebrity coach during a professional wrestling match between Lex Luger and Chris (The Big Cat) Hughes at the Meadowlands Jan. 11.

2005 M. Rogers Schizophrenic in Japan 115 I sat ringside with several other ringside announcers.

Compounds

ringside judge n. a judge at a boxing or wrestling event; also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1904 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 24 Dec. 41/2 All bouts will be refereed by Dan Coakley, while he will be assisted by three ringside judges yet to be chosen.

1976 Scotsman 15 Dec. The ringside judges may score it a clear victory for Kohl, leader of the Christian Democrats.

2005 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 16 Apr. 79 This is a system where three of the five ring-side judges must press a red or a blue button within a second of each other for a blow to score.

ringside seat n. (a) a seat in the area immediately surrounding a boxing or wrestling ring or other arena for sport or spectacle, or in the area immediately next to a stage; (b) a place affording a clear view; an advantageous or privileged position from which to observe or monitor something.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > accommodation for spectators

scaffold1470

scaffolding1537

stand1615

pergolaa1641

box seat1779

spectatory1829

ringside1849

box1860

ring-seat1889

ringside seat1897

terracing1902

terrace1950

1897 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 2 July 6/7 (advt.) Scientific Boxing Carnival.. Box seats $2.00, ringside seats $3.00.

1916 Chicago Tribune 13 Feb. 8/6 There's ma, pa, and the pretty little girl—If they ever get together, get a ringside seat.

1932 Daily Express 20 Sept. 19/5 I trust my health will be good when he makes his debut. I want to be in a ringside seat.

1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xvii. 212 From the fact that he spoke as if he had a hot potato in his mouth without getting the raspberry from the lads in the ringside seats, I deduced that he must be the head master.

1940 War Illustr. 19 Jan. 638/3 From our ‘ring~side’ seats in the air, we saw a spectacle which made us heartily glad it was not our duty to attack a British warship!

1947 G. Greene 19 Stories 75 Like a bull he was on show, sitting there mournfully in the plaza with his dog, a magnificent spectacle for which we all had ring-side seats.

1974 Baseball Digest Nov. 8 ‘Being on this club,’ reliever Rollie Fingers said later, ‘is like having a ringside seat for the Muhammad Ali–Joe Frazier fight.’

2002 Private Eye 20 Sept. 23/2 As the Prime Minister's father-in-law, I've enjoyed a unique ringside seat in Downing Street these past six years, and I've kept a unique record of everything I've said.

ringside table n. a table situated close to a boxing or wrestling ring, or (in extended use) to a scene of action.

ΚΠ

1915 Black Diamond 25 Dec. 527/3 He sat alone, reading at a ‘ring-side’ table on the Ritz Roof that evening I ran across him.

1917 Washington Post 21 Jan. 4/3 Should you chance to be passing the Follies de Dance the next night..you will glimpse the villain playing host at a ringside table.

1929 Cosmopolitan July 59/1 I see Waldo Winchester, the scribe, sitting at a ringside table all by himself.

2008 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 13 Jan. 54 Transforming the Menier into a rose-coloured nightclub, he has assembled a crack cast, including a troupe of pouting, shrieking imitation girls who leap on to the ringside tables.

ringside view n. (a) a view from or as if from the ringside; (b) a close-up view.

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1921 Everybody's Oct. 145/1 ‘The old son-of-a-gun has got to the Dutchman and is knocking daylight out of him.’..He would go down and get a ring-side view.

1941 Pop. Mech. Sept. 6/1 A 15 by 20 foot screen offering better than a ringside view.

1944 C. Beaton Diary 19 Apr. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xiv. 132 Perched high on the truck.., we had a ringside view of how the peasant lives in the heart of this unspoilt country.

1957 Pop. Mech. Aug. 209/4 (advt.) Gives you a blown up ringside view of the brilliant explosions of disintegrating radium atoms ejecting alpha particles at 11,000 miles per second.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 July (Front section) 11/4 Botswana seems to have been greatly affected by its ringside view of the Zimbabwe crisis.

Derivatives

ˈringsider n. (a) a person who occupies a position at a ringside; a spectator; (b) a person occupying an advantageous position.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator > at sport

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ringsider1889

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bleacherite1896

ring-worm1929

Koppite1960

1889 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Reg. 30 Aug. ‘That's the way with old fighters, however,’ said an old ringsider.

1898 A. M. Binstead Pink 'Un & Pelican iv. 87 Old Jack Baldock, always the noisiest of ringsiders, was howling at the Fulham lad.

1903 Rep. Kansas State Board Agric. 1901–2 173 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) There may be a ‘topper’ of each type in the class, each having many friends among the ringsiders for premier honors.

1954 C. L. B. Hubbard Compl. Dog Breeders' Man. 202 A woman exhibitor can handle her dog well, feel comfortable, and please the ringsiders..by wearing a simple but practical outfit.

1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 113 He spooned a simple catch from a stroke ringsiders described as a ‘protective jab’.

2003 C. Rotella Cut Time iii. 57 Learning to recognize that logic educates the ringsider's eye just as usefully as watching closely contested struggles between well-matched champions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ringside
释义	ringsiden.adj.adv. Brit. /ˈrɪŋsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋˌsaɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.¹, side n.¹ Etymology: < ring n.¹ + side n.¹ A. n. The area immediately surrounding a boxing or wrestling ring or other arena for sport or spectacle. More generally: the area which accommodates spectators; the scene surrounding an activity. Also in extended use: the area immediately next to a stage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > accommodation for spectators scaffold1470 scaffolding1537 stand1615 pergolaa1641 box seat1779 spectatory1829 ringside1849 box1860 ring-seat1889 ringside seat1897 terracing1902 terrace1950 1849 Era 16 Dec. 6/2 In a moment, the ring-side was deserted. 1854 Life & Battles of Yankee Sullivan 92/2 The Spider was the first to appear at the ring side, and it was some twenty minutes before he was followed by his opponent. 1860 Times 25 Apr. 9/4 On the ‘ring side’ of the course were Richmond, Ebony, Tom Bowline, and Merrimac nearly level with the lot above mentioned. 1866 Sat. Rev. 24 Feb. 232/1 He was..quite at home at the ringside in a prize-fight. 1926 E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xv. 167 I had taken six seats..three of them were barreras, the first row at the ringside. 1930 P. W. Slosson Great Crusade x. 278 A radio hook-up brought the whole nation to the [prize] ring side. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xix. 178 There at the ring-side was Mrs. Helen Hironimus, the Alderson warden. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 25 Tony Buss, his opening partner, was far more dangerous to face than he looked from the ringside. 1988 K. Blady Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame iii. ix. 86 As Nat Fleischer, who was at ringside, described the scene, the house was filled to the brim and overwhelmingly Irish. 2005 K. Hopkins & M. Beard Colosseum iv. 111 Unless they brought their own parasols or wide-brimmed hats, prestige at the ringside carried a price in sweat and sunburn. B. adj. (attributive). Of, relating to, or positioned at a ringside. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1896 A. Conan Doyle Rodney Stone 12 [Prize fighting] fostered ringside ruffianism. 1926 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 20/1 With ringside photographs of the championship fight miraculously appearing in Western dailies on the worst morning-after in Dempsey's career. 1986 Ring Aug. 11/2 His habit of spitting every few seconds endeared him to very few of the ringside photographers draped near the apron. 1992 Daily Mirror TV Weekly 3 Oct. 11/3 Poor attempt to squeeze a little more out of the, by now, done-to-death ringside melodrama. 2006 S. Beekman Ringside v. 83 The television era also created a new occupation related to the wrestling industry—ringside announcers. C. adv. At the ringside at a boxing or wrestling event; as a spectator close to the arena or stage. ΚΠ 1916 Vanity Fair Nov. 67/1 The representation enlisted much of the talent for which the Metropolitan is famous, including Mrs. DePuyster Stuyvesant, in her black pearls, ringside. 1958 Jet 27 Feb. 32 (caption) Sammy Does Elvis:..Elvis, sitting ringside, roared with laughter at brilliant imitation. 1991 Jet 14 Jan. 50/2 Taylor was ringside as a celebrity coach during a professional wrestling match between Lex Luger and Chris (The Big Cat) Hughes at the Meadowlands Jan. 11. 2005 M. Rogers Schizophrenic in Japan 115 I sat ringside with several other ringside announcers. Compounds ringside judge n. a judge at a boxing or wrestling event; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1904 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 24 Dec. 41/2 All bouts will be refereed by Dan Coakley, while he will be assisted by three ringside judges yet to be chosen. 1976 Scotsman 15 Dec. The ringside judges may score it a clear victory for Kohl, leader of the Christian Democrats. 2005 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 16 Apr. 79 This is a system where three of the five ring-side judges must press a red or a blue button within a second of each other for a blow to score. ringside seat n. (a) a seat in the area immediately surrounding a boxing or wrestling ring or other arena for sport or spectacle, or in the area immediately next to a stage; (b) a place affording a clear view; an advantageous or privileged position from which to observe or monitor something. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > accommodation for spectators scaffold1470 scaffolding1537 stand1615 pergolaa1641 box seat1779 spectatory1829 ringside1849 box1860 ring-seat1889 ringside seat1897 terracing1902 terrace1950 1897 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 2 July 6/7 (advt.) Scientific Boxing Carnival.. Box seats $2.00, ringside seats $3.00. 1916 Chicago Tribune 13 Feb. 8/6 There's ma, pa, and the pretty little girl—If they ever get together, get a ringside seat. 1932 Daily Express 20 Sept. 19/5 I trust my health will be good when he makes his debut. I want to be in a ringside seat. 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xvii. 212 From the fact that he spoke as if he had a hot potato in his mouth without getting the raspberry from the lads in the ringside seats, I deduced that he must be the head master. 1940 War Illustr. 19 Jan. 638/3 From our ‘ring~side’ seats in the air, we saw a spectacle which made us heartily glad it was not our duty to attack a British warship! 1947 G. Greene 19 Stories 75 Like a bull he was on show, sitting there mournfully in the plaza with his dog, a magnificent spectacle for which we all had ring-side seats. 1974 Baseball Digest Nov. 8 ‘Being on this club,’ reliever Rollie Fingers said later, ‘is like having a ringside seat for the Muhammad Ali–Joe Frazier fight.’ 2002 Private Eye 20 Sept. 23/2 As the Prime Minister's father-in-law, I've enjoyed a unique ringside seat in Downing Street these past six years, and I've kept a unique record of everything I've said. ringside table n. a table situated close to a boxing or wrestling ring, or (in extended use) to a scene of action. ΚΠ 1915 Black Diamond 25 Dec. 527/3 He sat alone, reading at a ‘ring-side’ table on the Ritz Roof that evening I ran across him. 1917 Washington Post 21 Jan. 4/3 Should you chance to be passing the Follies de Dance the next night..you will glimpse the villain playing host at a ringside table. 1929 Cosmopolitan July 59/1 I see Waldo Winchester, the scribe, sitting at a ringside table all by himself. 2008 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 13 Jan. 54 Transforming the Menier into a rose-coloured nightclub, he has assembled a crack cast, including a troupe of pouting, shrieking imitation girls who leap on to the ringside tables. ringside view n. (a) a view from or as if from the ringside; (b) a close-up view. ΚΠ 1921 Everybody's Oct. 145/1 ‘The old son-of-a-gun has got to the Dutchman and is knocking daylight out of him.’..He would go down and get a ring-side view. 1941 Pop. Mech. Sept. 6/1 A 15 by 20 foot screen offering better than a ringside view. 1944 C. Beaton Diary 19 Apr. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xiv. 132 Perched high on the truck.., we had a ringside view of how the peasant lives in the heart of this unspoilt country. 1957 Pop. Mech. Aug. 209/4 (advt.) Gives you a blown up ringside view of the brilliant explosions of disintegrating radium atoms ejecting alpha particles at 11,000 miles per second. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 July (Front section) 11/4 Botswana seems to have been greatly affected by its ringside view of the Zimbabwe crisis. Derivatives ˈringsider n. (a) a person who occupies a position at a ringside; a spectator; (b) a person occupying an advantageous position. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator > at sport racegoer1838 ringsider1889 fan1890 bleacherite1896 ring-worm1929 Koppite1960 1889 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Reg. 30 Aug. ‘That's the way with old fighters, however,’ said an old ringsider. 1898 A. M. Binstead Pink 'Un & Pelican iv. 87 Old Jack Baldock, always the noisiest of ringsiders, was howling at the Fulham lad. 1903 Rep. Kansas State Board Agric. 1901–2 173 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) There may be a ‘topper’ of each type in the class, each having many friends among the ringsiders for premier honors. 1954 C. L. B. Hubbard Compl. Dog Breeders' Man. 202 A woman exhibitor can handle her dog well, feel comfortable, and please the ringsiders..by wearing a simple but practical outfit. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 113 He spooned a simple catch from a stroke ringsiders described as a ‘protective jab’. 2003 C. Rotella Cut Time iii. 57 Learning to recognize that logic educates the ringsider's eye just as usefully as watching closely contested struggles between well-matched champions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.adv.1849
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