"bare knuckle" meaning in English

See bare knuckle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more bare knuckle [comparative], most bare knuckle [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} bare knuckle (comparative more bare knuckle, superlative most bare knuckle)
  1. Alternative form of bare-knuckle
    Without boxing gloves
    Sense id: en-bare_knuckle-en-adj-a29-t3-G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 23 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 19 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 20 4
  2. Alternative form of bare-knuckle
    Ruthlessly competitive
    Sense id: en-bare_knuckle-en-adj-IQZyTydm

Verb

Forms: bare knuckles [present, singular, third-person], bare knuckling [participle, present], bare knuckled [participle, past], bare knuckled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} bare knuckle (third-person singular simple present bare knuckles, present participle bare knuckling, simple past and past participle bare knuckled)
  1. Alternative form of bare-knuckle Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bare-knuckle
    Sense id: en-bare_knuckle-en-verb-Ux28XM2-

Inflected forms

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