PRIZEFIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prizefight mean? 

• PRIZEFIGHT (noun)
  The noun PRIZEFIGHT has 1 sense:

1. a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize

  Familiarity information: PRIZEFIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

• PRIZEFIGHT (verb)
  The verb PRIZEFIGHT has 1 sense:

1. box for a prize or money

  Familiarity information: PRIZEFIGHT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIZEFIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

prize fight; prizefight

Hypernyms ("prizefight" is a kind of...):

boxing match (a match between boxers; usually held in a boxing ring)

Derivation:

prizefight (box for a prize or money)

• PRIZEFIGHT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Box for a prize or money

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "prizefight" is one way to...):

box (engage in a boxing match)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

prize fight; prizefight (a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize)

prizefighter (a professional boxer)