pugilism

(pyū'jə-lĭz'əm)
n.
The skill, practice, and sport of fighting with the fists; boxing.

[From Latin pugil, pugilist.]

pugilist pu'gi·list n.
pugilistic pu'gi·lis'tic adj.

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• Individual Sports and Competitive Events
• Boxing and Wrestling

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See words rhyming with "pugilist."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - boksning

Nederlands (Dutch)
het boksen

Français (French)
n. - pugilisme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Faustkampf

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πυγμαχία, μποξ

Italiano (Italian)
pugilato, boxe

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pugilismo (m)

Русский (Russian)
кулачный бой

Español (Spanish)
n. - pugilismo, boxeo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - boxning, pugilism

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拳击

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 拳擊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 권투

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 拳闘, ボクシング

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الملاكمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התאגרפות, איגרוף‬

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