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TUNNEY

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Overview

TUNNEY (noun)
  The noun TUNNEY has 1 sense:

1. United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


TUNNEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gene Tunney; James Joseph Tunney; Tunney

Instance hypernyms:

gladiator; prizefighter (a professional boxer)


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