kickboxing
English
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editPossibly borrowed from Japanese キックボクシング (kikkubokushingu), coined by Osamu Noguchi in 1964 from English kick + boxing.
Noun
editkickboxing (uncountable)
- (martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.
- The Japanese kickboxing gym, recently opened in the Thai capital, had been a great success (Black Belt Magazine, March 1973, p. 13)
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edit- Kickboxing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English kickboxing.
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Noun
editkickboxing m (uncountable)
- (martial arts) kickboxing (sport like boxing but allowing strikes with the feet)
- Synonym: kickboxe
Spanish
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editUnadapted borrowing from English kickboxing.
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editkickboxing m (uncountable)
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editAccording to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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