prizefighting

English

Etymology

See prizefight. Originally Prize Playing, with play referring to sparring, a practice fight. By surface analysis, prize +‎ fighting.

Noun

prizefighting (usually uncountable, plural prizefightings)

1. (sports) Professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize.
   • 2002 September 22, Ron Fried, “VIEW; Separated at Birth: Fashion and Prize Fights”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     OF all the people gathered on Ninth Avenue Wednesday night to watch Marc Jacobs's spring 2003 runway show, I'm fairly sure I was the only one thinking about prizefighting.

Related terms

• prizefight
• prizefighter
• prizing (obsolete)