turn

en-verb

turn (third-person singular simple present turns, present participle turning, simple past and past participle turned or (obsolete) turnt)

turns (present singular third-person)
turning (participle present)
turned (participle past)
turned (past)
turnt (obsolete participle past)
turnt (obsolete past)
turn (infinitive)
turn (first-person present singular)
turned (first-person past singular)
turn (present second-person singular)
turnest (archaic present second-person singular)
turned (past second-person singular)
turnedst (archaic past second-person singular)
turns (present singular third-person)
turneth (archaic present singular third-person)
turned (past singular third-person)
turn (plural present)
turned (past plural)
turn (present subjunctive)
turned (past subjunctive)
turn (imperative present)
turning (participle present)
turned (participle past)
turnt (archaic participle past)

From Middle English turnen, from Old English turnian, tyrnan (“to turn, rotate, revolve”) and Old French torner (“to turn”), both from Latin tornāre (“to round off, turn in a lathe”), from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “turning-lathe: a tool used for making circles”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist, bore”). Cognate with Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist, wind”), whence English throw. Displaced native Middle English wenden from Old English wendan (see wend), and Middle English trenden from Old English trendan (see trend), among several other terms.

lyödä kierre

in cricket, make the ball move sideways when it bounces

kiertää

of a cricket ball, move sideways when it bounces

(intransitive or transitive) To change condition or attitude.

(professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.


judo

Borrowed from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō, literally “the soft way”).


knockout

knockout (indefinite nominative singular)
knockouts (genitive indefinite singular)
knockouten (definite nominative singular)
knockoutens (definite genitive singular)
knockouter (indefinite nominative plural)
knockouters (genitive indefinite plural)
knockouterna (definite nominative plural)
knockouternas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from English knockout. Attested since 1921.

vinna på knockout

slå knockout på någon


promo

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling slang) an interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match.


foible

1640–50, from Early Modern French foible (“feeble”) (contemporary French faible). Doublet of feeble.

(fencing) Part of a sword between the middle and the point, weaker than the forte.


octagon

octagons (plural)
octogon (alternative obsolete)

From Latin octagōnon, octōgōnon (“octagon”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek ὀκτάγωνον (oktágōnon, “octagon”), probably from Koine Greek ὀκτάγωνος (oktágōnos, “having eight corners”) + -ον (-on, suffix forming nouns). ὀκτάγωνος is derived from ὀκτᾰ- (oktă-, prefix meaning ‘eight’) (from ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“eight”)) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle; corner”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”)); analysable as octa- + -gon. The English word is cognate with Middle French octogone (modern French octogone), Italian octagono (obsolete), ottagono, Spanish octágono, octógono.
Sense 2 (“arena for mixed martial arts”) refers to its shape.

der

(martial arts) Often in the form Octagon: the arena for mixed martial arts.


flèche

Borrowed from French flèche. Compare fletch.

(fencing) A method of attack with a sword (foil or épée) in which the attacker's back leg crosses in front of the front leg in the offensive move.


flèche

en-verb

flèche (third-person singular simple present flèches, present participle flèching, simple past and past participle flèched)

flèches (present singular third-person)
flèching (participle present)
flèched (participle past)
flèched (past)

(fencing) To attack using the flèche method.


flèche

→ Dutch: flits

→ Middle Low German: flitse [16th c.]

→ German: Flitz

→ English: flèche

Inherited from Middle French fleche, from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, borrowed from Frankish *fliukkijā, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, from *plew-.

etymon

(archery, symbol) arrow (projectile or symbol)


bury

en-verb

bury (third-person singular simple present buries, present participle burying, simple past and past participle buried)

buries (present singular third-person)
burying (participle present)
buried (participle past)
buried (past)

Middle English burien, berien, from Old English byrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to keep safe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to defend, protect”).
Cognate with Icelandic byrgja (“to cover, shut; to hold in”); West Frisian bergje (“to keep”), German bergen (“to save/rescue something”), Danish bjerge (“to save/rescue something or somebody”); also Eastern Lithuanian bir̃ginti (“to save, spare”), Russian бере́чь (beréčʹ, “to spare”), Ossetian ӕмбӕрзын (æmbærzyn, “to cover”).
The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects, while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɛ/ is from the Kentish dialects.

دَفَنَ

to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth

(professional wrestling slang) To ruin the image or character of another wrestler; usually by embarrassing or defeating them in dominating fashion.


pool

pools (plural)
poole (alternative obsolete)

1. From French poule (“collective stakes in a game”). The French word "poule" in this context is an abbreviation of "poulain, pouliche" (foal, filly), and referred to races with female horses under 3 years old. It then became used by punters to designate bets on that race, and started to be used from the racetrack to the stadiums.
2. The OED suggests that this may be a transferred use of poule (“hen”), which has been explained anecdotally as deriving from an old informal betting game in France - 'jeu de poule' - Game of Chicken (or Hen, literally) in which poule became synonymous with the combined money pot claimed by the winner.

bor

pull (accents with FOOT-GOOSE merger or full-fool merger)

(fencing) A group of fencers taking part in a competition.


sumo

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (sumō, “to mutually rush at”).


wrench

en-verb

wrench (third-person singular simple present wrenches, present participle wrenching, simple past and past participle wrenched)

wrenches (present singular third-person)
wrenching (participle present)
wrenched (participle past)
wrenched (past)
wrenche (alternative obsolete)
wrinche (alternative obsolete)
wringe (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English wrenchen, from Old English wrenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrankijan, from Proto-Germanic *wrankijaną. Compare German renken.

(intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling their blade away.


job

job (third-person singular simple present jobs, present participle jobbing, simple past and past participle jobbed)

jobs (present singular third-person)
jobbing (participle present)
jobbed (participle past)
jobbed (past)

From the phrase jobbe of work (“piece of work”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”); or perhaps related to Middle English jobben (“to jab, thrust, peck”), or Middle English choppe (“piece, bargain”). More at gob, jab, chop.

der

(intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.


guard

guards (plural)
gard (alternative obsolete)
garde (alternative obsolete)
guarde (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English garde, from early Middle French or late Old French guarde (“a guardian, warden, keeper”) (whence modern French garde), from the verb guarder. Doublet of garda, which is from Irish.

(martial arts) A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.


sabre

Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.

(British spelling, Canadian spelling, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.


conversation

en-noun

conversation (countable and uncountable, plural conversations)

[ˌkʰɒɱ.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩]

[ˌkʰɑɱ.vɚˈseɪ.ʃn̩]

From Middle English conversacioun, from Old French conversacion and its etymon, Latin conversātiōnem, accusative singular of conversātiō (“conversation”), from conversor (“abide, keep company with”). Doublet of conversazione.
Morphologically converse + -ation.

(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.


insistence

insistence (countable and uncountable, plural insistences)

From Middle English insistence, derived from Old French insister (“to insist”). Compare Middle French insistance.
Morphologically insist + -ence.

(fencing) The forcing of an attack through the parry, using strength.


decision

en-verb

decision (third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned)

decisions (present singular third-person)
decisioning (participle present)
decisioned (participle past)
decisioned (past)

Derived from Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).

(boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout


corda

From Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).


bout

From Middle English bout, bowt, bught (whence also modern English bought (“bend, curve”)), probably from Old English *buht (“bend, turn”), an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend, curve”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”). Equivalent to bow + -t. Doublet of bight and bought.
For the sense development compare bender.

An Italian boxer abandoned her bout at the Paris Olympics after only 46 seconds on Thursday, refusing to continue after taking a heavy punch from an Algerian opponent who had been disqualified from last year’s world championships over questions about her eligibility to compete in women’s sports.

2024 August 1, Tariq Panja, Jeré Longman, “Italian Boxer Quits Bout, Sparking Furor Over Gender at Olympics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.


pera

→ Jicarilla: béela

Inherited from Old Spanish pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.


spear

From Middle English spere, sperre, spear, from Old English spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.
Cognates
See also West Frisian spear, Dutch speer, German Speer, Old Norse spjǫr, *sparrô, Middle Dutch sparre (“rafter”), Old Norse sparri (“spar, rafter”), sperra (“rafter, beam”); also Latin sparus (“short spear”), Albanian ferrë (“thorn, thornbush”).

(wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.


pepper

en-noun

pepper (countable and uncountable, plural peppers)

peppers (plural)
piper (alternative archaic)

Tok Pisin: pepa

→ Hawaiian: pepa

→ Marshallese: pepa

From Middle English peper, piper, from Old English piper, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar, from Latin piper, from an Indo-Aryan source; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). The name was given to the capsicum fruit because of its unusual spicy taste, not unlike the Old World spice. Cognate with Scots pepar, Saterland Frisian Pieper, West Frisian piper, Dutch peper, German Low German Peper, German Pfeffer, Danish peber, Swedish peppar, Icelandic pipar. Doublet of falafel and peepul.

cog

He means to snatch the laurels from his brow, / At all his boasted pluck and prowess smile, / And give him pepper in superior style.

1906, Henry Downes Miles, Pugilistica, page 61:

[T]he Chicken had been tapped, and bunged, and had received pepper, and had been made groggy, and had come up piping, and had endured a complication of similar strange inconveniences, until he had been gone into and finished.

1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:


carte

en-noun

carte (countable and uncountable, plural cartes)


dan

dan (nominative singular)
dani (nominative plural)
danové (nominative plural)
dana (genitive singular)
danů (genitive plural)
danovi (dative singular)
danu (dative singular)
danům (dative plural)
dana (accusative singular)
dany (accusative plural)
dane (singular vocative)
dani (plural vocative)
danové (plural vocative)
danovi (locative singular)
danu (locative singular)
danech (locative plural)
danem (instrumental singular)
dany (instrumental plural)

(martial arts) dan, master and teacher of judo, karate or other Japanese martial arts


dan

dan (nominative singular)
dany (nominative plural)
danu (genitive singular)
danů (genitive plural)
danu (dative singular)
danům (dative plural)
dan (accusative singular)
dany (accusative plural)
dane (singular vocative)
dany (plural vocative)
danu (locative singular)
danech (locative plural)
danem (instrumental singular)
dany (instrumental plural)

(martial arts) dan, master degree in judo and karate


strap

strap (countable and uncountable, plural straps)

straps (plural)
strop (alternative)
strope (alternative)

→ Japanese: ストラップ (sutorappu)

From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stroppe, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong”) and Old French estrope (“strap, loop on a harness”), both from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap”), from Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “rope”) (compare strophe), from στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- (compare Proto-West Germanic *stroppōn (“to twist, writhe”)). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong”), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop”), Low German Strop (“strap”), German Struppe, Strüppe, Strippe (“string, cord”), Danish strop (“strap”), Swedish stropp (“strap, loop”).

lak

a long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like

kawerapa

part of a bag that goes over the shoulder

ивица

a narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass

David Arquette was given the belt because he's a celebrity. Period. I wasn't that upset about it because even the on-air product treated it as laughable. It was a "fluke" that Arquette managed to grab the strap, and he held it for less than a week. But there was no point in it....that I do agree with.

2001 January 31, Greg Stinson, “WWF fans actually know the WWF sucks”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), message-ID <KTUd6.209692$iy3.50200104@news1.rdc1.tn.home.com>:

During 2002, Triple H began this run of title defences of the Big Gold Belt. He'd basically been given the strap earlier in the month and there was a feeling he didn't deserve it.

2015, Arnold Furious, “Unforgiven 2002”, in The Complete WWE Guide Volume #6, →ISBN, page 60:

When people like me were deserting the WWE during the championship reign of JBL, "The Wrestling God", Vince didn't take the strap off of him. He's certainly not going to do anything because of this little piffle.

2017 April 11, Jason Todd!!!, “if multiple people are coming forth saying jbl harassed them, why doesn't vince fire his ass?”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), message-ID <5ad20526-36c9-4dac-89ba-df011e3d48f9@googlegroups.com>:

(slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.


piste

(fencing) The field of play of a fencing match.

planš

(fencing) the field of play of a fencing match


over

From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér, related to *upó.
Akin to Scots ower, West Frisian oer, Dutch over, Low German over, över, German ober, über, Danish over, Norwegian over, Swedish över, Icelandic yfir, Faroese yvir, Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar), Latin super, Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Albanian upri (“group of peasants”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári).
Doublet of uber, super, and hyper.

(professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.


punto

From Latin punctum (“point”) via Italian and Spanish punto, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, and punt.

doublet

To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse, to see thee here, to see thee there, to see thee pass thy puncto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:


quart

From Middle English quart, quarte, from Old French quarte, carte, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Spanish cuarto (“quarter; room, quarters”).

cog

[W]e behold two men with lion-look, with alert attitude, side foremost, right foot advanced; flourishing and thrusting, stoccado and passado, in tierce and quart; intent to skewer one another.

1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):

(fencing) The fourth defensive position; quarte.


provost

From Middle English, from late Old English prōfost, prāfost, from Late Latin prōpositus, variant of Latin praepositus (“[one] placed in command”). In some senses, via Anglo-Norman provolt; via Anglo-Norman and Old French provost (modern French prévôt). As a Central European ecclesiastical office, via German Propst, Danish provst, etc.

steward

deputy overseeing medieval estates or fees

police officer

deputy overseeing medieval law enforcement; military police

A senior deputy, a superintendent, particularly:

(fencing, historical) An assistant fencing master.

A senior deputy, a superintendent
An assistant fencing master.


ward

en-noun

ward (countable and uncountable, plural wards)

→ Swahili: wodi

From Middle English ward, warde, from Old English weard (“watching, ward, protection, guardianship; advance post; waiting for, lurking, ambuscade”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardu, from Proto-Germanic *wardō (“protection, attention, keeping”), an extension of the stem *wara- (“attentive”) (English wary, beware), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”).
Cognate with German Warte (“watchtower”), warten (“wait for”); English guard is a parallel form which came via Old French.

inh

Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my point.

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

(fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.


arqueiro

pt-noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros, feminine arqueira, feminine plural arqueiras)

arqueiros (plural)
arqueira (feminine)
arqueiras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). By surface analysis, arco + -eiro.

(archery) archer (person who practices the sport of archery)


τόξο

tóxo (romanization)
τόξα (plural)
τόξο (nominative singular)
τόξα (nominative plural)
τόξου (genitive singular)
τόξων (genitive plural)
τόξο (accusative singular)
τόξα (accusative plural)
τόξο (singular vocative)
τόξα (plural vocative)

From Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).


arco

Fala: arcu, alcu

Galician: arco

Portuguese: arco

→ Indonesian: arku

Inherited from Latin arcus, from Proto-Italic *arkuos.


chamber

en-verb

chamber (third-person singular simple present chambers, present participle chambering, simple past and past participle chambered)

chambers (present singular third-person)
chambering (participle present)
chambered (participle past)
chambered (past)
chambre (alternative)

From Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”). Doublet of camera.

der

Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila struck first.

(martial arts, transitive) To prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.


部屋

Originally a compound of へ (he, “separate”, cognate with the first element in 隔たる (hedataru, “to be apart”)) + 屋 (ya, “roof, house”).
First cited to the late 900s.

compound

cognate with the first element in <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">隔たる</i> (hedataru, “to be apart”)

八角部屋

(sumo) a stable where rikishi live and train together under a shisho oyakata (stable master)


nunchaku

en-noun

nunchaku (countable and uncountable, plural nunchakus)

Borrowed from Okinawan 双節棍 (nunchaku) (compare Japanese 双節棍 (nunchaku)), probably from Hokkien 兩節棍 /两节棍 (nn̄g-chat-kùn, literally “two-segment cudgel”), from 兩 /两 (nn̄g, “two”) + 節 /节 (chat, “joint; link; segment”) + 棍 (kùn, “cudgel; stick”).

der

(countable) A weapon originating from Okinawa, Japan, consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord.

tsako

weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord

(uncountable) The skill of using this weapon in martial arts.


prêt

From French prêts, from French prêt (“ready”).

(fencing) The command to make ready; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêt, aller".


royal

en-adj

royal (comparative royaler or royaller, superlative royalest or royallest)

royaler (comparative)
royaller (comparative)
royalest (superlative)
royallest (superlative)
r. (alternative abbreviation)
roial (alternative obsolete)
roiall (alternative obsolete)
royall (alternative obsolete)
royaler (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English royal, from Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin rēgālis, from rēx (“king”). Doublet of regal (“befitting a king”), real (“unit of currency”), ariary, and riyal. Cognate with Spanish real. Displaced native Old English cynelīċ.

doublet

(boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.


jab

Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben.

American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.

2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, in BBC Sport:


stunner

(professional wrestling) A professional wrestling maneuver in which an attacking wrestler applies a facelock to an opponent and falls to a seated position, forcing the opponent's jaw or neck to drop on the attacker's shoulder.


上手

上手 (canonical)
uwate (romanization)
ufate (romanization)
うはて (hiragana historical)

下手

antonym(s) of “downstream, downwind, stage right”

Compound of 上 (uwa, “up, upper”) + 手 (te, “hand”).

(sumo) the upper hand in an overhand hold


quarte

en-noun

quarte (countable and uncountable, plural quartes)

(fencing) The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards.


quinte

(fencing) The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.


bulldog

→ French: bouledogue

→ German: Bulldogge

→ Portuguese: buldogue

From bull + dog, in reference to bullbaiting.

(professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.


foil

foil (countable and uncountable, plural foils)

From Middle English foyle, from Middle French fueille, from Old French fueille (“plant leaf”), from Late Latin folia, the plural of folium, mistaken as a singular feminine.
The literary sense is from the practice of backing a gem with metal foil to make it shine more brilliantly.
Doublet of folio and folium, distantly also with phyllo and phyllon.

Blunt as the fencer's foils, which hit, but hurt not.

1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

1784-1810, William Mitford, History of Greece
Socrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes with a sword.

(fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip


epee

epees (plural)
épee (alternative)
épée (alternative)

Borrowed from French épée, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of spatha, spathe, and spade.

(fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.


judoka

judoka (plural)
judokas (plural)
jūdōka (alternative)

/d͡ʒuːˈdəʊkə/

(judo) A practitioner of the Japanese martial art of judo.


judoka

nl-noun

judoka f or m (plural judoka's, diminutive judokaatje n)

judoka's (plural)
judokaatje (diminutive neuter)


judoka

judoka (nominative singular)
judokat (nominative plural)
judoka (accusative nominative singular)
judokat (accusative nominative plural)
judokan (accusative genitive singular)
judokat (accusative genitive plural)
judokan (genitive singular)
judokien (genitive plural)
judokoiden (genitive plural)
judokoitten (genitive plural)
judokojen (genitive plural rare)
judokain (genitive plural rare)
judokaa (partitive singular)
judokia (partitive plural)
judokoita (partitive plural)
judokoja (partitive plural rare)
judokassa (inessive singular)
judokoissa (inessive plural)
judokissa (inessive plural)
judokasta (elative singular)
judokoista (elative plural)
judokista (elative plural)
judokaan (illative singular)
judokiin (illative plural)
judokoihin (illative plural)
judokalla (adessive singular)
judokoilla (adessive plural)
judokilla (adessive plural)
judokalta (ablative singular)
judokoilta (ablative plural)
judokilta (ablative plural)
judokalle (allative singular)
judokoille (allative plural)
judokille (allative plural)
judokana (essive singular)
judokoina (essive plural)
judokina (essive plural)
judokaksi (singular translative)
judokoiksi (plural translative)
judokiksi (plural translative)
judokatta (abessive singular)
judokoitta (abessive plural)
judokitta (abessive plural)
judokoin (instructive plural)
judokin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
judokani (nominative singular)
judokani (nominative plural)
judokani (accusative nominative singular)
judokani (accusative nominative plural)
judokani (accusative genitive singular)
judokani (accusative genitive plural)
judokani (genitive singular)
judokieni (genitive plural)
judokoideni (genitive plural)
judokoitteni (genitive plural)
judokojeni (genitive plural rare)
judokaini (genitive plural rare)
judokaani (partitive singular)
judokiani (partitive plural)
judokoitani (partitive plural)
judokojani (partitive plural rare)
judokassani (inessive singular)
judokoissani (inessive plural)
judokissani (inessive plural)
judokastani (elative singular)
judokoistani (elative plural)
judokistani (elative plural)
judokaani (illative singular)
judokiini (illative plural)
judokoihini (illative plural)
judokallani (adessive singular)
judokoillani (adessive plural)
judokillani (adessive plural)
judokaltani (ablative singular)
judokoiltani (ablative plural)
judokiltani (ablative plural)
judokalleni (allative singular)
judokoilleni (allative plural)
judokilleni (allative plural)
judokanani (essive singular)
judokoinani (essive plural)
judokinani (essive plural)
judokakseni (singular translative)
judokoikseni (plural translative)
judokikseni (plural translative)
judokattani (abessive singular)
judokoittani (abessive plural)
judokittani (abessive plural)
judokoineni (comitative plural)
judokineni (comitative plural)
judokasi (nominative singular)
judokasi (nominative plural)
judokasi (accusative nominative singular)
judokasi (accusative nominative plural)
judokasi (accusative genitive singular)
judokasi (accusative genitive plural)
judokasi (genitive singular)
judokiesi (genitive plural)
judokoidesi (genitive plural)
judokoittesi (genitive plural)
judokojesi (genitive plural rare)
judokaisi (genitive plural rare)
judokaasi (partitive singular)
judokiasi (partitive plural)
judokoitasi (partitive plural)
judokojasi (partitive plural rare)
judokassasi (inessive singular)
judokoissasi (inessive plural)
judokissasi (inessive plural)
judokastasi (elative singular)
judokoistasi (elative plural)
judokistasi (elative plural)
judokaasi (illative singular)
judokiisi (illative plural)
judokoihisi (illative plural)
judokallasi (adessive singular)
judokoillasi (adessive plural)
judokillasi (adessive plural)
judokaltasi (ablative singular)
judokoiltasi (ablative plural)
judokiltasi (ablative plural)
judokallesi (allative singular)
judokoillesi (allative plural)
judokillesi (allative plural)
judokanasi (essive singular)
judokoinasi (essive plural)
judokinasi (essive plural)
judokaksesi (singular translative)
judokoiksesi (plural translative)
judokiksesi (plural translative)
judokattasi (abessive singular)
judokoittasi (abessive plural)
judokittasi (abessive plural)
judokoinesi (comitative plural)
judokinesi (comitative plural)
judokamme (nominative singular)
judokamme (nominative plural)
judokamme (accusative nominative singular)
judokamme (accusative nominative plural)
judokamme (accusative genitive singular)
judokamme (accusative genitive plural)
judokamme (genitive singular)
judokiemme (genitive plural)
judokoidemme (genitive plural)
judokoittemme (genitive plural)
judokojemme (genitive plural rare)
judokaimme (genitive plural rare)
judokaamme (partitive singular)
judokiamme (partitive plural)
judokoitamme (partitive plural)
judokojamme (partitive plural rare)
judokassamme (inessive singular)
judokoissamme (inessive plural)
judokissamme (inessive plural)
judokastamme (elative singular)
judokoistamme (elative plural)
judokistamme (elative plural)
judokaamme (illative singular)
judokiimme (illative plural)
judokoihimme (illative plural)
judokallamme (adessive singular)
judokoillamme (adessive plural)
judokillamme (adessive plural)
judokaltamme (ablative singular)
judokoiltamme (ablative plural)
judokiltamme (ablative plural)
judokallemme (allative singular)
judokoillemme (allative plural)
judokillemme (allative plural)
judokanamme (essive singular)
judokoinamme (essive plural)
judokinamme (essive plural)
judokaksemme (singular translative)
judokoiksemme (plural translative)
judokiksemme (plural translative)
judokattamme (abessive singular)
judokoittamme (abessive plural)
judokittamme (abessive plural)
judokoinemme (comitative plural)
judokinemme (comitative plural)
judokanne (nominative singular)
judokanne (nominative plural)
judokanne (accusative nominative singular)
judokanne (accusative nominative plural)
judokanne (accusative genitive singular)
judokanne (accusative genitive plural)
judokanne (genitive singular)
judokienne (genitive plural)
judokoidenne (genitive plural)
judokoittenne (genitive plural)
judokojenne (genitive plural rare)
judokainne (genitive plural rare)
judokaanne (partitive singular)
judokianne (partitive plural)
judokoitanne (partitive plural)
judokojanne (partitive plural rare)
judokassanne (inessive singular)
judokoissanne (inessive plural)
judokissanne (inessive plural)
judokastanne (elative singular)
judokoistanne (elative plural)
judokistanne (elative plural)
judokaanne (illative singular)
judokiinne (illative plural)
judokoihinne (illative plural)
judokallanne (adessive singular)
judokoillanne (adessive plural)
judokillanne (adessive plural)
judokaltanne (ablative singular)
judokoiltanne (ablative plural)
judokiltanne (ablative plural)
judokallenne (allative singular)
judokoillenne (allative plural)
judokillenne (allative plural)
judokananne (essive singular)
judokoinanne (essive plural)
judokinanne (essive plural)
judokaksenne (singular translative)
judokoiksenne (plural translative)
judokiksenne (plural translative)
judokattanne (abessive singular)
judokoittanne (abessive plural)
judokittanne (abessive plural)
judokoinenne (comitative plural)
judokinenne (comitative plural)
judokansa (nominative singular)
judokansa (nominative plural)
judokansa (accusative nominative singular)
judokansa (accusative nominative plural)
judokansa (accusative genitive singular)
judokansa (accusative genitive plural)
judokansa (genitive singular)
judokiensa (genitive plural)
judokoidensa (genitive plural)
judokoittensa (genitive plural)
judokojensa (genitive plural rare)
judokainsa (genitive plural rare)
judokaansa (partitive singular)
judokiaan (partitive plural)
judokoitaan (partitive plural)
judokiansa (partitive plural)
judokoitansa (partitive plural)
judokojaan (partitive plural rare)
judokojansa (partitive plural rare)
judokassaan (inessive singular)
judokassansa (inessive singular)
judokoissaan (inessive plural)
judokissaan (inessive plural)
judokoissansa (inessive plural)
judokissansa (inessive plural)
judokastaan (elative singular)
judokastansa (elative singular)
judokoistaan (elative plural)
judokistaan (elative plural)
judokoistansa (elative plural)
judokistansa (elative plural)
judokaansa (illative singular)
judokiinsa (illative plural)
judokoihinsa (illative plural)
judokallaan (adessive singular)
judokallansa (adessive singular)
judokoillaan (adessive plural)
judokillaan (adessive plural)
judokoillansa (adessive plural)
judokillansa (adessive plural)
judokaltaan (ablative singular)
judokaltansa (ablative singular)
judokoiltaan (ablative plural)
judokiltaan (ablative plural)
judokoiltansa (ablative plural)
judokiltansa (ablative plural)
judokalleen (allative singular)
judokallensa (allative singular)
judokoilleen (allative plural)
judokilleen (allative plural)
judokoillensa (allative plural)
judokillensa (allative plural)
judokanaan (essive singular)
judokanansa (essive singular)
judokoinaan (essive plural)
judokinaan (essive plural)
judokoinansa (essive plural)
judokinansa (essive plural)
judokakseen (singular translative)
judokaksensa (singular translative)
judokoikseen (plural translative)
judokikseen (plural translative)
judokoiksensa (plural translative)
judokiksensa (plural translative)
judokattaan (abessive singular)
judokattansa (abessive singular)
judokoittaan (abessive plural)
judokittaan (abessive plural)
judokoittansa (abessive plural)
judokittansa (abessive plural)
judokoineen (comitative plural)
judokineen (comitative plural)
judokoinensa (comitative plural)
judokinensa (comitative plural)


judoka

fr-noun

judoka m or f by sense (plural judokas, feminine judokate)


judoka

From Japanese 柔道家 (じゅうどうか, jūdōka, “judo practitioner”).

bor

じゅうどうか, jūdōka


judoka

pl-noun

judoka m pers (female equivalent judoczka)

judoczka (feminine)
judoka (nominative singular)
judocy (nominative plural)
judoki (genitive singular)
judoków (genitive plural)
judoce (dative singular)
judokom (dative plural)
judokę (accusative singular)
judoków (accusative plural)
judoką (instrumental singular)
judokami (instrumental plural)
judoce (locative singular)
judokach (locative plural)
judoko (singular vocative)
judocy (plural vocative)
dżudoka (alternative)


grapevine

grapevines (plural)
grape vine (alternative)
grape-vine (alternative)


grapevine

en-verb

grapevine (third-person singular simple present grapevines, present participle grapevining, simple past and past participle grapevined)

grapevines (present singular third-person)
grapevining (participle present)
grapevined (participle past)
grapevined (past)
grape vine (alternative)
grape-vine (alternative)

From the top he grapevined his leg around Tibbits' leg and planted his elbow in his opponent's opposite side.

2007, Steve Wolfe, Call Us Champions: More Alaska Wrestling Stories:

The Low Mount is the position where your hips are tight to your opponent's and your legs are usually grapevined or locked underneath his.

2008, Saulo Ribeiro, Jiu-Jitsu University:

So now she's grapevined me, I can't straighten my legs, which means I can't generate the momentum I need to bridge.

2022, David Young, Sean Black, The Ground Is My Ocean:

(transitive, wrestling) To restrain in a leglock.


boxing glove

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-boxing glove.wav

(boxing, clothing) A padded mitten, designed to protect the hand while punching, and worn in boxing.


כפפת איגרוף

he-noun

כִּפְפַת אִגְרוּף

כפפות איגרוף

כִּפְפוֹת אִגְרוּף

כפפת איגרוף / כִּפְפַת אִגְרוּף • (kiffát igrúf) f (plural indefinite כפפות איגרוף / כִּפְפוֹת אִגְרוּף)

כִּפְפַת אִגְרוּף (canonical)
kiffát igrúf (romanization)
כפפות איגרוף (indefinite plural)
כִּפְפוֹת אִגְרוּף (indefinite plural)
כִּפְפַת אִגְרוּף (alternative)

From כְּפָפָה (kfafá) + איגרוף /אִגְרוּף (igrúf).

af

איגרוף//אִגְרוּף

boxing glove
boxing glove#English:_Q895679


kickboxing

Borrowed from Japanese キックボクシング (kikkubokushingu), from English kick + boxing. Possibly coined by Japanese businessman Osamu Noguchi in 1964.

coinage

kick-boxing (alternative)
kick boxing (alternative)

Ex world’s champion [Georges] Carpentier was also expert at kick-boxing.

1940 August 4, Daily Telegraph, Sydney, page 2:

The Japanese kickboxing gym, recently opened in the Thai capital, had been a great success

1973 March, Black Belt magazine, page 13:

(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.


kickboxing

Unadapted borrowing from English kickboxing.

ubor

(martial arts) kickboxing (sport like boxing but allowing strikes with the feet)


Muay Thai

From Thai มวยไทย (muai-tai, “Thai boxing”).

(martial arts) A sport practiced in Thailand which is similar to boxing but also allows strikes with the shins, feet, elbows, and knees.


hip

en-verb

hip (third-person singular simple present hips, present participle hipping, simple past and past participle hipped)

hips (present singular third-person)
hipping (participle present)
hipped (participle past)
hipped (past)

From Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (compare Dutch heup, Low German Huop, German Hüfte), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Welsh cysgu (“to sleep”), Latin cubāre (“to lie”), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Sanskrit शुप्ति (śúpti, “shoulder”)), from *ḱew- (“to bend”). More at high. The sense "drug addict" derives from addicts lying on their hips while using certain drugs such as opium.

cog

(wrestling) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").


ninja

Enter the Ninja
Eric Van Lustbader
Hokusai Manga
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
ninja

A romanized borrowing of Japanese 忍者 (ninja), popularized within Japanese by manga after World War II and in English by Eric Van Lustbader's 1980 novel The Ninja and the 1981 movie Enter the Ninja, of uncertain derivation but with an underlying sense of secret or hidden person.
The “Mongolian miner” sense arose from the supposed resemblance of the bowls used to wash ore with mercury to the shells of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The Juggalo slang sense arose via influence from AAVE nigga.

The men... are now learning to be ninja or ‘stealers-in’.

1964, Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice, page 126:

Spies prowled Japan from the seventh century, but the secretive ninja left few written records.

(martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.


ninja

ninja (nominative singular)
ninjowie (nominative plural)
ninje (derogatory nominative plural)
ninji (genitive singular)
ninjów (genitive plural)
ninji (dative singular)
ninjom (dative plural)
ninję (accusative singular)
ninjów (accusative plural)
ninje (accusative derogatory plural)
ninją (instrumental singular)
ninjami (instrumental plural)
ninji (locative singular)
ninjach (locative plural)
ninjo (singular vocative)
ninjowie (plural vocative)
ninje (derogatory plural vocative)

(espionage, historical, martial arts) ninja (person trained in ninjutsu, especially one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period)


ninja

(historical, martial arts) ninja (Japanese fighter trained in the art of ninjutsu for activities such as espionage, sabotage or assassination)


ninja

(martial arts, historical) ninja (person trained in stealth, espionage, assassination and ninjutsu)


meteor

From Middle French météore, from Old French, from Latin meteorum, from Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron), from μετέωρος (metéōros, “raised from the ground, hanging, lofty”), from μετά (metá, “in the midst of, among, between”) (English meta) + ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, to heave, to raise up”).
The original sense of “atmospheric phenomenon” gave rise to meteorology, but the meaning of "meteor" is now restricted to extraterrestrial objects burning up as they enter the atmosphere.

(martial arts) A striking weapon resembling a track and field hammer consisting of a weight swung at the end of a cable or chain.


mosca

From Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-. Compare Spanish mosca.

(martial arts) ellipsis of peso mosca (“a flyweight-class fighter”).


mosca

Inherited from Old Spanish mosca, from Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-. Compare English midge.


tierce

From Old French tierce, from Latin tertia.

(fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.


clout

en-noun

clout (countable and uncountable, plural clouts)

→ Irish: clabhta

From Middle English clout (“piece of cloth”), from Old English clūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gelewdos, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). The influence sense originated in the dialect of Chicago, but has become widespread.
Cognate with Old Norse klútr (“kerchief”), Swedish klut, Danish klud, Middle High German klōz (“lump”), whence German Kloß, and dialectal Russian глуда (gluda). See also cleat.

der

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-clout.wav

For kings are clouts that euery man ſhoots at,
Our Crowne the pin that thouſands ſeeke to cleaue.

c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iv:

A’ must shoot nearer or he’ll ne’er hit the clout.

c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

(archery) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.


roll

en-verb

roll (third-person singular simple present rolls, present participle rolling, simple past and past participle rolled)

rolls (present singular third-person)
rolling (participle present)
rolled (participle past)
rolled (past)

From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin rollāre, from the same ultimate source.

rol

to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels

(transitive, martial arts) To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.


bracer

From Middle English bracer, from Old French braceure; equivalent to brace + -er.

To prevent the bow string from hanging on the left arm, it is covered with a piece of smooth leather, fastened on the outside of the arm, this is called a bracer.

1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34:

(archery) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string.


espada

→ Bengali: ইস্পাত (iśpat) (see there for further descendants)

→ Gujarati: ઇસપાત (isapāt)

→ Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)

Hindi: इस्पात (ispāt)

Urdu: اسپات (ispāt)

→ Japanese: スベタ

→ Maithili:

Devanagari script: इसपात (isᵊpāt)

Tirhuta script: 𑒃𑒮𑒣𑒰𑒞 (isapāta)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espada, through prothesis from Latin spatha (“a type of sword”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “broad blade”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-.


espada

Inherited from Old Spanish espada, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Doublet of espata.

(fencing) épée (fencing sword of a certain modern type)


spada

spade (plural)
ispada (alternative archaic)

desctree

→ Polish: szpada
→ Russian: шпага (špaga)
→ Romanian: șpagă

From earlier spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē), from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂dʰh₁éh₂, derived from *(s)peh₂- (“to draw”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to put”) + *-eh₂ (feminine noun ending). Doublet of spata.


click

From Middle English cleken, a variant of clechen (“to grab”), perhaps from Old English *clēċan, *clǣċan, a byform of clyċċan (“to clutch”). More at clutch.

inside click; outside click; cross click


octave

From Latin octavus (“eighth”). Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava.

Octave in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

If they always do a lateral parry quarte, and never a semicircular octave, that gives you an opening.

2009, Ray Finkleman, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

(fencing) The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.


presentation

en-noun

presentation (countable and uncountable, plural presentations)

presentations (plural)
præsentation (alternative)

/ˌpɹɛzənˈteɪʃən/

From Old French presentation (French présentation), from Latin praesentātiōnem, accusative singular of praesentātiō (“representation, exhibition”).
Morphologically present + -ation

(fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent.


prime

composite

prime element of a mathematical structure

From Middle English prime, from Old French prime and its etymon, Latin prīmus (“first”), from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond, before”). Doublet of primo and primus.
The noun sense "apostrophe-like symbol" originates from the fact that the symbol ′ was originally a superscript Roman numeral one.

der

(fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.


return

en-verb

return (third-person singular simple present returns, present participle returning, simple past and past participle returned)

returns (present singular third-person)
returning (participle present)
returned (participle past)
returned (past)
returne (alternative obsolete)
retvrn (alternative Internet)

From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from re- + tornare (“to turn”). Compare beturn.

der

(fencing) To give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.


speedball

en-noun

speedball (countable and uncountable, plural speedballs)

speedballs (plural)
speed ball (alternative)
speed-ball (alternative)

(boxing) Synonym of speed bag (“type of punching bag”).


maali

maali (nominative singular)
maalit (nominative plural)
maali (accusative nominative singular)
maalit (accusative nominative plural)
maalin (accusative genitive singular)
maalit (accusative genitive plural)
maalin (genitive singular)
maalien (genitive plural)
maalia (partitive singular)
maaleja (partitive plural)
maalissa (inessive singular)
maaleissa (inessive plural)
maalista (elative singular)
maaleista (elative plural)
maaliin (illative singular)
maaleihin (illative plural)
maalilla (adessive singular)
maaleilla (adessive plural)
maalilta (ablative singular)
maaleilta (ablative plural)
maalille (allative singular)
maaleille (allative plural)
maalina (essive singular)
maaleina (essive plural)
maaliksi (singular translative)
maaleiksi (plural translative)
maalitta (abessive singular)
maaleitta (abessive plural)
maalein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
maalini (nominative singular)
maalini (nominative plural)
maalini (accusative nominative singular)
maalini (accusative nominative plural)
maalini (accusative genitive singular)
maalini (accusative genitive plural)
maalini (genitive singular)
maalieni (genitive plural)
maaliani (partitive singular)
maalejani (partitive plural)
maalissani (inessive singular)
maaleissani (inessive plural)
maalistani (elative singular)
maaleistani (elative plural)
maaliini (illative singular)
maaleihini (illative plural)
maalillani (adessive singular)
maaleillani (adessive plural)
maaliltani (ablative singular)
maaleiltani (ablative plural)
maalilleni (allative singular)
maaleilleni (allative plural)
maalinani (essive singular)
maaleinani (essive plural)
maalikseni (singular translative)
maaleikseni (plural translative)
maalittani (abessive singular)
maaleittani (abessive plural)
maaleineni (comitative plural)
maalisi (nominative singular)
maalisi (nominative plural)
maalisi (accusative nominative singular)
maalisi (accusative nominative plural)
maalisi (accusative genitive singular)
maalisi (accusative genitive plural)
maalisi (genitive singular)
maaliesi (genitive plural)
maaliasi (partitive singular)
maalejasi (partitive plural)
maalissasi (inessive singular)
maaleissasi (inessive plural)
maalistasi (elative singular)
maaleistasi (elative plural)
maaliisi (illative singular)
maaleihisi (illative plural)
maalillasi (adessive singular)
maaleillasi (adessive plural)
maaliltasi (ablative singular)
maaleiltasi (ablative plural)
maalillesi (allative singular)
maaleillesi (allative plural)
maalinasi (essive singular)
maaleinasi (essive plural)
maaliksesi (singular translative)
maaleiksesi (plural translative)
maalittasi (abessive singular)
maaleittasi (abessive plural)
maaleinesi (comitative plural)
maalimme (nominative singular)
maalimme (nominative plural)
maalimme (accusative nominative singular)
maalimme (accusative nominative plural)
maalimme (accusative genitive singular)
maalimme (accusative genitive plural)
maalimme (genitive singular)
maaliemme (genitive plural)
maaliamme (partitive singular)
maalejamme (partitive plural)
maalissamme (inessive singular)
maaleissamme (inessive plural)
maalistamme (elative singular)
maaleistamme (elative plural)
maaliimme (illative singular)
maaleihimme (illative plural)
maalillamme (adessive singular)
maaleillamme (adessive plural)
maaliltamme (ablative singular)
maaleiltamme (ablative plural)
maalillemme (allative singular)
maaleillemme (allative plural)
maalinamme (essive singular)
maaleinamme (essive plural)
maaliksemme (singular translative)
maaleiksemme (plural translative)
maalittamme (abessive singular)
maaleittamme (abessive plural)
maaleinemme (comitative plural)
maalinne (nominative singular)
maalinne (nominative plural)
maalinne (accusative nominative singular)
maalinne (accusative nominative plural)
maalinne (accusative genitive singular)
maalinne (accusative genitive plural)
maalinne (genitive singular)
maalienne (genitive plural)
maalianne (partitive singular)
maalejanne (partitive plural)
maalissanne (inessive singular)
maaleissanne (inessive plural)
maalistanne (elative singular)
maaleistanne (elative plural)
maaliinne (illative singular)
maaleihinne (illative plural)
maalillanne (adessive singular)
maaleillanne (adessive plural)
maaliltanne (ablative singular)
maaleiltanne (ablative plural)
maalillenne (allative singular)
maaleillenne (allative plural)
maalinanne (essive singular)
maaleinanne (essive plural)
maaliksenne (singular translative)
maaleiksenne (plural translative)
maalittanne (abessive singular)
maaleittanne (abessive plural)
maaleinenne (comitative plural)
maalinsa (nominative singular)
maalinsa (nominative plural)
maalinsa (accusative nominative singular)
maalinsa (accusative nominative plural)
maalinsa (accusative genitive singular)
maalinsa (accusative genitive plural)
maalinsa (genitive singular)
maaliensa (genitive plural)
maaliaan (partitive singular)
maaliansa (partitive singular)
maalejaan (partitive plural)
maalejansa (partitive plural)
maalissaan (inessive singular)
maalissansa (inessive singular)
maaleissaan (inessive plural)
maaleissansa (inessive plural)
maalistaan (elative singular)
maalistansa (elative singular)
maaleistaan (elative plural)
maaleistansa (elative plural)
maaliinsa (illative singular)
maaleihinsa (illative plural)
maalillaan (adessive singular)
maalillansa (adessive singular)
maaleillaan (adessive plural)
maaleillansa (adessive plural)
maaliltaan (ablative singular)
maaliltansa (ablative singular)
maaleiltaan (ablative plural)
maaleiltansa (ablative plural)
maalilleen (allative singular)
maalillensa (allative singular)
maaleilleen (allative plural)
maaleillensa (allative plural)
maalinaan (essive singular)
maalinansa (essive singular)
maaleinaan (essive plural)
maaleinansa (essive plural)
maalikseen (singular translative)
maaliksensa (singular translative)
maaleikseen (plural translative)
maaleiksensa (plural translative)
maalittaan (abessive singular)
maalittansa (abessive singular)
maaleittaan (abessive plural)
maaleittansa (abessive plural)
maaleineen (comitative plural)
maaleinensa (comitative plural)

Borrowed from Old Swedish māl (“measure, amount; sign”) (compare Swedish mål (“target; what one aims to hit”)), from both Old Norse mál (“language, speech”) (from Proto-Germanic *maþlą) and Old Norse mál (“size, measurement, time”) (from Proto-Germanic *mēlą).

der

(archery) popinjay (target to shoot at, typically stuffed with feathers or plumage)


kung fu

en-noun

kung fu (countable and uncountable, plural kung fu)

kung fu (plural)
gongfu (alternative)
gong-fu (alternative)
gong fu (alternative)
gungfu (alternative)
gung-fu (alternative)
gung fu (alternative)
kungfu (alternative)
kung-fu (alternative)
Kung Fu (alternative)

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 功夫 (gōngfu, “skill, accomplishment, martial art”): kung¹-fu⁵.

bor

Along the way, they meet Master Wong, who teaches them kung fu and imparts nuggets of Chinese philosophy, knowledge and training that they eventually use to defeat their nemesis and save their village.

2021 March 31, Melissa Chen, “Opinion ‘Kung Fu Cavemen’ isn’t racist — just the victim of moral panic by a self-righteous few”, in New York Post:

(martial arts) The Chinese martial arts collectively.


kung fu

Borrowed from English kung fu, from the Wade–Giles romanization (kung¹-fu⁵) of Mandarin 功夫 (gōngfu, “skill, accomplishment, martial art”).


prosty

prosty (nominative singular)
proste (nominative plural)
prostego (genitive singular)
prostych (genitive plural)
prostemu (dative singular)
prostym (dative plural)
prosty (accusative singular)
proste (accusative plural)
prostym (instrumental singular)
prostymi (instrumental plural)
prostym (locative singular)
prostych (locative plural)
prosty (singular vocative)
proste (plural vocative)

(nominalized, boxing) cross, jab, straight punch


drib

en-verb

drib (third-person singular simple present dribs, present participle dribbing, simple past and past participle dribbed)

dribs (present singular third-person)
dribbing (participle present)
dribbed (participle past)
dribbed (past)

From dialectal English drib (compare also drub), a variant from Middle English drepen (“to hit, strike, slay”), from Old English drepan (“to strike, kill, overcome”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to hit, strike”).

inh

(transitive, archery) To shoot directly at short range.

(intransitive, archery) To shoot at a mark at short range.

Not at first sight, nor with a dribbèd shot, / Love gave the wound […]

c. 1580s, Philip Sidney, “Astrophel and Stella”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], 3rd edition, London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1598, →OCLC, sonnet 2, page 519:

(transitive, archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.


fib

en-verb

fib (third-person singular simple present fibs, present participle fibbing, simple past and past participle fibbed)

fibs (present singular third-person)
fibbing (participle present)
fibbed (participle past)
fibbed (past)

Fib the cove's quarron in the rumpad for the lour in his bung; beat the fellow in the highway for the money in his purse.

1785, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, published 1788, To Fib:

The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having had the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavily grassed.

1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:

As Biggs and his party arrived, I heard Hawkins say to Berry, "For heaven’s sake, my boy, fib with your right, and mind his left hand!"

1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Fight at Slaughter House”, in Men's Wives, page 16:

Then there was a wild scuffle and a furious outcry, and all the bargemen for a moment seemed to hug me and themselves too; when, as there was no room to hit out, in the phraseology of the ring, I fibbed at half-a-dozen waistcoats and faces with all my might and main.

1865, Grantley Berkeley, “Eton Boys”, in My Life and Recollections, volume 1, page 311:

Quoth he, "Thou dost surely jest when thou sayest that thou dost not understand such words. Answer me this: Hast thou ever fibbed a chouse quarrons in the Rome pad for the loure in his bung?"

1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC, part sixth, page 207:

(archaic, thieves' cant, boxing) To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike.


fletch

A modification of fledge (“to acquire feathers”) due to the influence of fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Compare flèche.

(archery) The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight.


assault

en-noun

assault (countable and uncountable, plural assaults)

From Middle English assaut, from Old French noun assaut, derived from the past participle of the verb assalir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“at, towards”) + salīre (“jump”). See also assail. Spelling Latinized around 1530 to add an l.

(fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.


extension

extension (countable and uncountable, plural extensions)

From Middle English extensioun, from Old French estension, from Latin extensiō, extensiōnem.

(fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.

ojennus

fencing: a simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward


feint

The noun is borrowed from French feinte (“dummy, feint”), from feindre (“to fake, feign”), from Old French feindre, faindre, from Latin fingere, the present active infinitive of fingō (“to alter the truth to deceive, dissemble, feign, pretend; to fashion, form, shape”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Italian finta
* Occitan fencha, fenha
* Old Spanish finta (modern Spanish finta (“dummy, feint”))

He had some advantage in the difference of our weapons; for his sword, as I recollect, was longer than mine, […] His obvious malignity of purpose never for a moment threw him off his guard, and he exhausted every feint and strategem proper to the science of defence; while, at the same time, he mediated the most desperate catastrophe to our rencounter.

1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter XII, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, pages 251–252:

It is also possible to deliver a compound riposte by using an indirect feint. The attacking fencer would be open to a compound riposte following a successful parry by their opponent.

1999, Allan Skipp, “Key Techniques”, in Handbook of Foil Fencing, Armley, Leeds: Coachwise Business Solutions for British Fencing, published 2006, →ISBN, page 36:

(boxing, fencing) A blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.

klamný pohyb

(boxing, fencing) offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part


feint

en-verb

feint (third-person singular simple present feints, present participle feinting, simple past and past participle feinted)

feints (present singular third-person)
feinting (participle present)
feinted (participle past)
feinted (past)

Genevra scowled and said, "His word is wild, / But dastard treason feinteth such disorders: / Treason or witchcraft neither, undefiled, / A Christian court may cherish in its borders."

1882, T. Alderson Wilson, “Lanval”, in Perseus and Other Essays in Verse, London: Ranken and Co., […], →OCLC, page 74:

Even Penrod's walk was affected; he adopted a gait which was a kind of taunting swagger; and, when he passed other children on the street, he practised the habit of feinting a blow; then, as the victim dodged, he rasped out the triumphant horse laugh which he gradually mastered to horrible perfection.

1914, Booth Tarkington, “The Imitator”, in Penrod, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 231:

I spurred on the Turani instead of pulling him in, and stood up in the saddle just as we came upon the two. By feinting a slash at one I made him throw up his saber to guard his head. Then, leaning down as the three ponies came together, I cut at the other's neck, getting home over his blade. His mount reared and shelled him out of the saddle like a pea out of a pod.

1924 October 10, Harold Lamb, “Forward”, in Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, editor, Adventure, volume XLIX, number I, New York, N.Y., London: The Ridgway Company, →OCLC, page 25, column 1:

To direct (a blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack) on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.

tehdä harhautusliike

to direct (a blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack) on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part

Feint him—use your legs! draw him about! he'll lose his wind then in no time, and you can go into him.

1857, [Thomas Hughes], “The Fight”, in Tom Brown’s School Days. […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, part II, page 323:

(rare) To direct a feint or mock attack against (someone).

tehdä valehyökkäys

to direct a feint or mock attack against (someone or something)

Ben-Hur feinted with his right hand. The stranger warded, slightly advancing his left arm. Ere he could return to guard, Ben-Hur caught him by the wrist in a grip which years at the oar had made terrible as a vise.

1880 November 12, Lew[is] Wallace, chapter XVI, in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, book fifth, page 387:

My assailant stood a little; in the thick darkness I could see him bob and sidle as though he were feinting at me for an advantageous onfall.

1893–1897 (date written), Robert Louis Stevenson, “Swanston Cottage”, in St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1897, →OCLC, page 67:

Gomez feinted with his knife and the other man darted backward. He feinted again and the man moved to the side. The man feinted but Gomez didn't budge; he was anxious to get it on.

1984, Len Levinson, chapter 3, in Meat Grinder Hill (The Rat Bastards; 4), [San Francisco, Calif.]: AudioGO, published 2013, →ISBN:

(intransitive, boxing, fencing, also often military) To make a feint or mock attack.


feint

Borrowed from French feint, the past participle of feindre (“to fake, feign”): see etymology 1.

(boxing, fencing, also often military) Of an attack or offensive movement: directed toward a different part from the intended strike.

harhautus-

of an attack or offensive movement: directed toward a different part from the intended strike


invitation

en-noun

invitation (countable and uncountable, plural invitations)

From Middle English invitacioun, ynvytacioun, from Latin invītātio, reinforced by Middle French invitation. Displaced native Middle English lathinge from Old English laþung (see dialectal English lathing).

(fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.


prise

→ Dutch: prise

→ Greek: πρίζα (príza)

→ Persian: پریز (periz)

→ Romanian: priză

→ Turkish: priz


reach

From Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣċan (“to reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *raikijan, from Proto-Germanic *raikijaną, from the Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind, reach”).

der

(boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.

ulottuvuus

boxing: distance a boxer's arm can extend


waster

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Or, as they that play at wasters exercise themselves by a few cudgels how to avoid an enemy's blows, let us arm ourselves against all such violent incursions which may invade our minds.

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 6:

(obsolete, chiefly fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.


feud

feuds (plural)
fead (alternative)
feaud (alternative)
fede (alternative)
feood (alternative)
fewd (alternative)
fewde (alternative)
fuide (alternative)
fude (alternative)

Oxford English Dictionary
Survey of English Dialects

Inherited from Northern Middle English fede, feide, from Old French faide, feide, fede, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu (“hatred, enmity”) (corresponding to foe + -th), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“hostile”).
Cognate to Old English fǣhþ, fǣhþu, fǣhþo (“hostility, enmity, violence, revenge, vendetta”), German Fehde, and Dutch vete (“feud”) (directly inherited from Proto-West Germanic) alongside Danish fejde (“feud, enmity, hostility, war”) and Swedish fejd (“feud, controversy, quarrel, strife”) (borrowed from Middle Low German).

der

(professional wrestling) A staged rivalry between wrestlers.


debole

From Italian debole, meaning "weak", equivalent to the French foible.

There are two parts to the sword: the forte and the debole. The forte begins from the hilt, extending as far as the middle of the blade; and the remainder is called the debole. The forte is for parrying, and the debole for striking. This is really important because: if you always keep your forte in the way of the opponent's debole, you will never be hit.

(fencing) The flexible part of the blade near the tip of light swords such as rapiers.


mount

From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman munter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre (“climb”), from Latin montem (“mountain”). Compare modern French monter.

(martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.


mount

en-verb

mount (third-person singular simple present mounts, present participle mounting, simple past and past participle mounted)

mounts (present singular third-person)
mounting (participle present)
mounted (participle past)
mounted (past)

(transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.


英雄

/iŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/iŋ²⁴ ɕyŋ²⁴/

/jɪŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/

/iŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋyŋ⁵³/

/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/

/iɪŋ³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ¹³/

/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/

/eŋ³³⁻²³ hioŋ⁵⁵/

/in⁵⁵ ɦioŋ²¹/

/*ʔaŋ [ɢ]ʷəŋ/

/iŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/iŋ²⁴ ɕyŋ²⁴/

/jɪŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/

/iŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋyŋ⁵³/

/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/

/iɪŋ³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ¹³/

/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/

/eŋ³³⁻²³ hioŋ⁵⁵/

/in⁵⁵ ɦioŋ²¹/

傳說中的英雄

传说中的英雄

平民英雄

英雄豪傑

英雄豪杰

人民英雄永垂不朽。

King Wu asked the Grand Duke: “If a king wants to raise an army, how should he go about selecting and training heroes and determine their moral qualifications?”

Six Secret Teachings, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on Ralph D. Sawyer's version

Wǔwáng wèn Tàigōng yuē: “Wángzhě jǔbīng, yù jiǎnliàn yīngxióng, zhī shì zhī gāoxià, wéi zhī nàihé?”

武王問太公曰：「王者舉兵，欲簡練英雄，知士之高下，為之奈何？」

武王问太公曰：「王者举兵，欲简练英雄，知士之高下，为之奈何？」

(literally, martial arts, figuratively) hero


garda

garda (nominative singular)
gardy (nominative plural)
gardy (genitive singular)
gard (genitive plural)
gardzie (dative singular)
gardom (dative plural)
gardę (accusative singular)
gardy (accusative plural)
gardą (instrumental singular)
gardami (instrumental plural)
gardzie (locative singular)
gardach (locative plural)
gardo (singular vocative)
gardy (plural vocative)

(boxing) guard (way in which boxers position their hands in their stance)


stable

From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, singular derived from the plural Latin stab(u)la (“dwellings, stables”).

close the stable door after the horse has been stolen

close the stable door after the horse has bolted

lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen

lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

shut the stable door after the horse has bolted

(sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

Paul, who signed with WWE in late June, appeared in a segment with Reigns' stable, the Bloodline, on Friday's episode of SmackDown after making comments earlier in the week regarding a potential match with the Tribal Chief.

2022 September 17, Thomas Kika, “WWE's Logan Paul Confronts Roman Reigns Amid Rumors of Major Title Bout”, in Newsweek:

(professional wrestling) A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.


drum

Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag).
Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”).


corner

→ German: Corner

→ Japanese: コーナー (kōnā)

From Middle English corner, from Anglo-Norman cornere (compare Old French cornier, corniere (“corner”)), from Old French corne (“corner, angle”, literally “a horn, projecting point”), from Vulgar Latin *corna (“horn”), from Latin cornua, plural of cornū (“projecting point, end, horn”). The sense of "angle, corner" in Old French is not found in Latin or other Romance languages. It was possibly calqued from Frankish *hurnijā (“corner, angle”), which is similar to, and derived from *hurn, the Frankish word for "horn". Displaced native cognate Middle English hirn, herne, from Old English hyrne, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“little horn, hook, angle, corner”), whence modern English hirn (“nook, corner”), itself related to horn.

nurkka

business: interest that is sufficient for price manipulation

(heading) Relating to the playing field.

(boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.

(boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.


strip

en-noun

strip (countable and uncountable, plural strips)

Brill Publishers
en:strip (disambiguation)

From alteration of stripe or from Middle Low German strippe, of uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps derived from a lost strong verb Proto-Germanic *strīpaną, with no clear cognates outside of Germanic except for Irish sríab (“line, stripe”).

(fencing) The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.


cutter

→ Catalan: cúter

→ Korean: 커터 (keoteo)

From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er.

(wrestling) A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.


valet

Borrowed from Middle French valet, from Old French vaslet, from Medieval Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas). Doublet of varlet.

der

(professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.

خادمَة

a female performer in professional wrestling


passé

From French passé (“passed”, past participle of passer (“to pass”)).

bor

(fencing) An attack that passes the target without hitting.


quadrato

From Latin quadrātus, from quadrō (“to make square”), from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.


hyper

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Mason of Blencogo was a strong fellow, with no great science or action, and how he disposed of Nichol of Bothel, who was one of the best hypers of the day, puzzled not a few.

1868, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review:


arko

eo-head

arko (accusative singular arkon, plural arkoj, accusative plural arkojn)

arkon (accusative singular)
arkoj (plural)
arkojn (accusative plural)


arko

Borrowed from Esperanto arko, English arc, French arc, German Arkus, Italian arco, Russian а́рка (árka), Spanish arco.

io-bor

(weaponry, archery) alternative form of armarko


fistmele

From fist + mele, variant of meal (“measure”), from Old English mæl.

(archery) A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6½ inches or 16½ centimetres).


boga

Irish: bogha

Manx: bow

Scottish Gaelic: bogha


malparry

(fencing) A parry that insufficiently removes the incoming blade from the target area.


gauche

→ Franco-Provençal: gôcho

From gauchir (“to bend, dodge, warp”), a conflation of Old French gauchier (“to tread”) (from Frankish *walkijan, *walkan, cognate with English walk) + Old French guenchir (“to deviate”) (from Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”)). Gauche replaced the original Latin-derived word for "left", senestre, in the sixteenth century. Compare Walloon gåtche.


touché

Borrowed from French touché, past participle of toucher (“to touch”). More at touch.


walkover

walkovers (plural)
walk-over (alternative)

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(boxing) A match whose winner is declared because the other boxer does not appear in the ring within one minute of the official time.


counter

From Old French contre, Anglo-Norman cuntre, both from Latin contra.

[ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ]

Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent.

(martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.

vastaliike

martial arts: proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to one's opponent


counter

en-verb

counter (third-person singular simple present counters, present participle countering, simple past and past participle countered)

counters (present singular third-person)
countering (participle present)
countered (participle past)
countered (past)

[ˈkʰaʊ̯.ɾ̃ɚ]

His left hand countered provokingly.

1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:

(boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.

vastata

boxing: to return a blow while receiving one


freestyle

en-noun

freestyle (countable and uncountable, plural freestyles)

freestyles (plural)
free-style (alternative)

自由式

(sports) A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.

(wrestling) A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted.


pin down

en-verb

pin down (third-person singular simple present pins down, present participle pinning down, simple past and past participle pinned down)

pins down (present singular third-person)
pinning down (participle present)
pinned down (participle past)
pinned down (past)

(wrestling) To hold the opponent back-first so both his or her shoulders touch the mat or ground.


taekwondo

head

taekwondo (usually uncountable, plural taekwondók)

taekwondók (plural)
taekwondo (nominative singular)
taekwondók (nominative plural)
taekwondót (accusative singular)
taekwondókat (accusative plural)
taekwondónak (dative singular)
taekwondóknak (dative plural)
taekwondóval (instrumental singular)
taekwondókkal (instrumental plural)
taekwondóért (causal-final singular)
taekwondókért (causal-final plural)
taekwondóvá (singular translative)
taekwondókká (plural translative)
taekwondóig (singular terminative)
taekwondókig (plural terminative)
taekwondoként (essive-formal singular)
taekwondókként (essive-formal plural)
taekwondóban (inessive singular)
taekwondókban (inessive plural)
taekwondón (singular superessive)
taekwondókon (plural superessive)
taekwondónál (adessive singular)
taekwondóknál (adessive plural)
taekwondóba (illative singular)
taekwondókba (illative plural)
taekwondóra (singular sublative)
taekwondókra (plural sublative)
taekwondóhoz (allative singular)
taekwondókhoz (allative plural)
taekwondóból (elative singular)
taekwondókból (elative plural)
taekwondóról (delative singular)
taekwondókról (delative plural)
taekwondótól (ablative singular)
taekwondóktól (ablative plural)
taekwondóé (singular)
taekwondóké (plural)
taekwondóéi (singular)
taekwondókéi (plural)
taekwondóm (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
taekwondóim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
taekwondód (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
taekwondóid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
taekwondója (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
taekwondói (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
taekwondónk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
taekwondóink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
taekwondótok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
taekwondóitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
taekwondójuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
taekwondóik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).

bor+

(martial arts) taekwondo (martial arts form)


schoolgirl

en-verb

schoolgirl (third-person singular simple present schoolgirls, present participle schoolgirling, simple past and past participle schoolgirled)

schoolgirls (present singular third-person)
schoolgirling (participle present)
schoolgirled (participle past)
schoolgirled (past)

Victoria & Nidia beat Stratus & Kim in 3:45 when Victoria schoolgirled Kim.

2004, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, page 57:

She tags herself in only to get schoolgirled for the pin.

2017, James Dixon, Arnold Furious, Bob Dahlstrom, The Raw Files: 2001, page 121:

(transitive, wrestling, rare) To restrain in a schoolgirl pin.


karate

karate (nominative singular)
karate (accusative nominative singular)
karaten (accusative genitive singular)
karaten (genitive singular)
karatea (partitive singular)
karatessa (inessive singular)
karatesta (elative singular)
karateen (illative singular)
karatella (adessive singular)
karatelta (ablative singular)
karatelle (allative singular)
karatena (essive singular)
karateksi (singular translative)
karatetta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
karateni (nominative singular)
karateni (accusative nominative singular)
karateni (accusative genitive singular)
karateni (genitive singular)
karateani (partitive singular)
karatessani (inessive singular)
karatestani (elative singular)
karateeni (illative singular)
karatellani (adessive singular)
karateltani (ablative singular)
karatelleni (allative singular)
karatenani (essive singular)
karatekseni (singular translative)
karatettani (abessive singular)
karatesi (nominative singular)
karatesi (accusative nominative singular)
karatesi (accusative genitive singular)
karatesi (genitive singular)
karateasi (partitive singular)
karatessasi (inessive singular)
karatestasi (elative singular)
karateesi (illative singular)
karatellasi (adessive singular)
karateltasi (ablative singular)
karatellesi (allative singular)
karatenasi (essive singular)
karateksesi (singular translative)
karatettasi (abessive singular)
karatemme (nominative singular)
karatemme (accusative nominative singular)
karatemme (accusative genitive singular)
karatemme (genitive singular)
karateamme (partitive singular)
karatessamme (inessive singular)
karatestamme (elative singular)
karateemme (illative singular)
karatellamme (adessive singular)
karateltamme (ablative singular)
karatellemme (allative singular)
karatenamme (essive singular)
karateksemme (singular translative)
karatettamme (abessive singular)
karatenne (nominative singular)
karatenne (accusative nominative singular)
karatenne (accusative genitive singular)
karatenne (genitive singular)
karateanne (partitive singular)
karatessanne (inessive singular)
karatestanne (elative singular)
karateenne (illative singular)
karatellanne (adessive singular)
karateltanne (ablative singular)
karatellenne (allative singular)
karatenanne (essive singular)
karateksenne (singular translative)
karatettanne (abessive singular)
karatensa (nominative singular)
karatensa (accusative nominative singular)
karatensa (accusative genitive singular)
karatensa (genitive singular)
karateaan (partitive singular)
karateansa (partitive singular)
karatessaan (inessive singular)
karatessansa (inessive singular)
karatestaan (elative singular)
karatestansa (elative singular)
karateensa (illative singular)
karatellaan (adessive singular)
karatellansa (adessive singular)
karateltaan (ablative singular)
karateltansa (ablative singular)
karatelleen (allative singular)
karatellensa (allative singular)
karatenaan (essive singular)
karatenansa (essive singular)
karatekseen (singular translative)
karateksensa (singular translative)
karatettaan (abessive singular)
karatettansa (abessive singular)

[ˈkɑ̝rɑ̝t̪e̞]


karate

From Japanese 空手(からて) (karate, literally “the state of being empty-handed”), from earlier 唐手(からて) (karate, literally “Tang Dynasty; China” + “hand”), from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī).

ja-r

唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī)

(sports, martial arts) karate; an Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting


karate

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).


karate

[kɐˈɾaː.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish karate or English karate, from Japanese 空手(からて) (karate), from 唐手(からて) (karate), from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī).

ryu-r

唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī)


wrestler

From Middle English wrastlere, equivalent to wrestle + -er.

it isn't easy to avoid all the wrestler's holds.

2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 231c:


aller

From French allez, from French aller (“go”).

(fencing) The command to start; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêt, aller".


submit

en-verb

submit (third-person singular simple present submits, present participle submitting, simple past and past participle submitted)

submits (present singular third-person)
submitting (participle present)
submitted (participle past)
submitted (past)

From Middle English submitten, borrowed from Latin submittere, infinitive of submittō (“place under, yield”), from sub (“under, from below, up”) + mitto (“to send”). Compare upsend.

[Ronda] Rousey, a former U.S. Olympian in Judo, caps off a perfect year in which she submitted Liz Carmouche in the first-ever UFC female fight and coached opposite [Miesha] Tate in "The Ultimate Fighter" reality series.

2013 December 28, Brett Okamoto, “Ronda Rousey wins with arm bar”, in ESPN, retrieved 2014-01-06:

It was also the first time Goldberg has been submitted, enhancing Reigns even more than he already has been over the last two years.

2022 February 19, Erik Beaston, “WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights”, in Bleacher Report, retrieved 2022-02-22:

(transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.


glide

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.

(fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.


peekaboo

peekaboo boxing

a peekaboo guard

(boxing) Being or using a style of boxing with the hands kept close to the face to defend it.


engagement

en-noun

engagement (countable and uncountable, plural engagements)

After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail.

(fencing, countable) The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.


barrage

Unadapted borrowing from French barrage (“barrage, barrier”) c. 1859. Compare barrier.

ubor

(fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.


bear hug

(wrestling) A hold with the arms around the opponent.


sable

From French sabre, from Hungarian szablya.


sild

silla (genitive)
silda (partitive)
sild (nominative singular)
sillad (nominative plural)
sild (accusative nominative singular)
sillad (accusative nominative plural)
silla (accusative genitive singular)
sillad (accusative genitive plural)
silla (genitive singular)
sildade (genitive plural)
silda (partitive singular)
sildu (partitive plural)
sildasid (partitive plural)
silda (illative singular)
sillasse (illative singular)
sildadesse (illative plural)
sillusse (illative plural)
sillas (inessive singular)
sildades (inessive plural)
sillus (inessive plural)
sillast (elative singular)
sildadest (elative plural)
sillust (elative plural)
sillale (allative singular)
sildadele (allative plural)
sillule (allative plural)
sillal (adessive singular)
sildadel (adessive plural)
sillul (adessive plural)
sillalt (ablative singular)
sildadelt (ablative plural)
sillult (ablative plural)
sillaks (singular translative)
sildadeks (plural translative)
silluks (plural translative)
sillani (singular terminative)
sildadeni (plural terminative)
sillana (essive singular)
sildadena (essive plural)
sillata (abessive singular)
sildadeta (abessive plural)
sillaga (comitative singular)
sildadega (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *cilta, earlier *tilta, from a Baltic language (cf. Latvian tilts, Lithuanian tiltas). Cognates include Finnish silta, Ingrian silta, silda, Livonian sīlda, Livvi sildu, Ludian šild, Veps süud, sild, Võro sild, Votic siltõ and Northern Sami šaldi (the latter is derived from Proto-Finnic).

(gymnastics, dance, wrestling) bridge position, backbend


set up

en-verb

set up (third-person singular simple present sets up, present participle setting up, simple past and past participle set up)

sets up (present singular third-person)
setting up (participle present)
set up (participle past)
set up (past)

When you make an opening you merely cause an opponent to uncover a target somewhere on his person. But when you set up an opponent, you knock him off balance with one punch so that he should be an open target for a following punch. Unless he's knocked off balance, he's not set up.

1950, Jack Dempsey, chapter 23, in Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense:

Writer Danny Wamboldt of Ring magazine said, "Only Willie knew how to set up his opponents masterfully and then move in." Wamboldt, a former New England bantamweight champion and current national president of the Veteran Boxers Association, said that one of Pep's opponents said of his dazzling speed: "It was the first time he had been surrounded by one man."

1997 September 24, Joe Duffy, “TRIBUTES TO THE MAN AND THE BOXER”, in Hartford Courant:

(boxing) To deceive an opponent and capitalize on their reactions with a certain technique or maneuver.


setup

The jab is most commonly used as a setup for other strikes.

(boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.


displacement

From French déplacement. Morphologically displace + -ment.

водоизместимост

the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship

there is no replacement for displacement

(fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.


flick

→ Afrikaans: fliek

From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker.
The use of flick to mean a film or movie derives from the fact that early films had a low frame rate, thus causing the film to "flick" rapidly when projected onto a screen.

inh

(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

flikki

a cut that lands with the point (fencing)


technical knockout

en-noun

technical knockout (plural technical knockouts)

technical knockouts (plural)
TKO (alternative)
R.K.O (alternative)

(martial arts) A knockout declared by a referee in cases where a participant is sufficiently injured, unbalanced, or confused and unable to continue the fight


sit out

en-verb

sit out (third-person singular simple present sits out, present participle sitting out, simple past and past participle sat out)

sits out (present singular third-person)
sitting out (participle present)
sat out (participle past)
sat out (past)

(wrestling) To escape a hold while face down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.


catch-as-catch-can

In Lancashire and the north of Ireland, the catch-hold or catch-as-catch-can system still finds favour.

1980, Walter Armstrong, Wrestling, page x:

(wrestling) Relating to catch wrestling, a folk style of wrestling with minimal restrictions.


chancery

en-noun

chancery (countable and uncountable, plural chanceries)

/ˈt͡ʃɑːnsəɹɪ/

/ˈt͡ʃænsəɹɪ/

/ˈt͡ʃɑːnsəɹi/

From French chancellerie, from Late Latin cancellaria, from Latin cancellarius, from Latin cancellus (“lattice”) (English chancel), from Latin cancelli (“grating, bars”), from the lattice-work that separated a section of a church or court.
See related chancellor and chancellery, and the more distantly related incarcerate (“put behind bars”), from carcer (“prison”).
The adverbial form is an allusion to the condition of a person involved in the chancery court.

The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having had the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavily grassed.

1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:

(boxing, slang) The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm.


chancery

/ˈt͡ʃɑːnsəɹɪ/

/ˈt͡ʃænsəɹɪ/

/ˈt͡ʃɑːnsəɹi/

[Round] 9. This was a scientific round on both sides; Acton got away well; and also parried some tremendous blows. The latter, however, received a chancery nobber; but he contended every inch of ground till he went down.

1823 May 14, “Sporting Intelligence”, in The Literary Humbug, number 1, page 15, Between Peter Crawley and Dick Acton:

15th round. Chancery. Fibbing. Biggs makes dreadful work with his left. Break away. Rally. Biggs down. Betting still six to four on the gown-boy.

1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Fight at Slaughter House”, in Men's Wives, page 17:

(boxing) With the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will.


give in

en-verb

give in (third-person singular simple present gives in, present participle giving in, simple past gave in, past participle given in)

gives in (present singular third-person)
giving in (participle present)
gave in (past)
given in (participle past)

(boxing, of a pugilist) To droop the head.


ninjutsu

(martial arts) A Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally practiced for Japanese espionage purposes, and includes methods of gathering information, nondetection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques. Used by ninja (忍者).


ninjutsu

Unadapted borrowing from English ninjutsu.

ubor

(espionage, historical, martial arts) ninjutsu (Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally practiced for Japanese espionage purposes, and includes methods of gathering information, nondetection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques)


ninjutsu

(martial arts) ninjutsu (Japanese martial art used for espionage)


ninjutsu

ninjutsu (indefinite nominative singular)
ninjutsus (genitive indefinite singular)
ninjutsun (definite nominative singular)
ninjutsuns (definite genitive singular)

Ninjor besitter övermänskliga färdigheter i lönnkrigföringens konst ninjutsu

Ninjas possess superhuman skills in the art of stealth warfare ninjutsu


tights

→ Japanese: タイツ (taitsu)

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(wrestling) A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.


parade

parade m (definite singular paraden, indefinite plural parader, definite plural paradene)

paraden (definite singular)
parader (indefinite plural)
paradene (definite plural)

Borrowed from French parade (“show, display, parade, parry, formerly also a halt on horseback”), from Spanish parada (“a halt, stop, pause, a parade”), from parar (“to halt, stop, get ready, prepare”), from Latin parare (“to prepare, in Medieval Latin and Rom. also to halt, stop, prevent, guard against, etc., also dress, trim, adorn”).

der

(sports) movement of the weapon to ward off the opponent's chops or bumps

(boxing or wrestling) a movement to fend off the opponent's blows


Judoka

de-noun

Judoka m (strong, genitive Judokas or Judoka, plural Judokas or Judoka)

Judokas (genitive)
Judoka (genitive)
Judokas (plural)
Judoka (plural)


breakaway

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From break + away, a deverbal from break away.

2011, Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott (eds.), The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Appendix: The Great Fights, George Dixon vs. Jack Skelly (September 6, 1892), p. 262,
The gong sounded almost immediately after the breakaway.

(boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.


tiller

From Middle English teler, from Anglo-Norman telier (“beam used in weaving”), from Medieval Latin telarium, from Latin tēla (“web”).

der

You can shoot in a tiller.

c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii:

(archery) The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.


KO

Initialism of knock out.
Initialism of kick-off.


KO

en-verb

KO (third-person singular simple present KOs or KO's, present participle KOing or KO'ing, simple past and past participle KOed or KO'd)

KOs (present singular third-person)
KO's (present singular third-person)
KOing (participle present)
KO'ing (participle present)
KOed (participle past)
KOed (past)
KO'd (participle past)
KO'd (past)

Joe KO'd the opposing boxer.

(transitive, boxing) To knock someone out, to render someone unconscious.