Meanings
alternative kick-boxing · alternative kick boxing
- uncountablegovernmentA 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.
Ex world’s champion [Georges] Carpentier was also expert at kick-boxing.
1940 August 4, Daily Telegraph, Sydney, page 21 more example
The Japanese kickboxing gym, recently opened in the Thai capital, had been a great success
1973 March, Black Belt magazine, page 13
alternative kick-boxing · alternative kick boxing
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of kickbox
Origin
- Japaneseキックボクシング
- Englishkickboxing
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.
More words from Japanese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كِيك بُوكْس
- كِيك بُوكْس (kik buks)sport
Chinese Mandarin 踢拳
- 踢拳 (tīquán)sport
Dutch kickboksen
- kickboksensport
Esperanto piedbato-bokso
- piedbato-boksosport
Finnish potkunyrkkeily
- potkunyrkkeilysport
French kick-boxing
- kick-boxingsport
German Kickboxing, Kickboxen
- Kickboxingsport
- Kickboxensport
Greek κικ μπόξινγκ
- κικ μπόξινγκ (kik bóxingk)sport
Indonesian kickboxing
- kickboxingsport
Japanese キックボクシング
- キックボクシング (kikkubokushingu)sport
Korean 킥복싱
- 킥복싱 (kikboksing)sport
Malay kickboxing
- kickboxingsport
Polish kick boxing, kick-boxing
- kick boxingsport
- kick-boxingsport
Portuguese kickboxing, kickboxe
- kickboxingsport
- kickboxesport
Russian кикбо́ксинг
- кикбо́ксинг (kikbóksing)sport
Swedish kickboxning
- kickboxningsport
Thai คิกบ็อกซิ่ง, มวยไทย
- คิกบ็อกซิ่ง (khik b̆ xk sìng)sport
- มวยไทย (mwythịy)sport
Ukrainian кікбо́ксинг
- кікбо́ксинг (kikbóksynh)sport
Vietnamese quyền cước
- quyền cướcsport
Cite this entry
kickboxing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kickboxing
“kickboxing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kickboxing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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