Meanings
- not comparableBeside the ring, especially a boxing ring.
We got our hands on a pair of ringside tickets for the boxing match.
1 more example
April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightvillehttps://web.archive.org/web/20120427104854/http://www.avclub.com/articles/fightville,72589/ And though Fightville, an MMA documentary from the directors of the fine Iraq War doc Gunner Palace, presents it more than fairly, the sight of a makeshift ring getting constructed on a Louisiana rodeo ground does little to shake the label. Nor do the shots of ringside assistants with spray bottles and rags, mopping up the blood between rounds
Synonyms & antonyms
nounfirst row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)krengʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)krengʰos
- Proto-Germanic*hringaz
- Proto-West Germanic*hring
- Old Englishhring
- Middle Englishryng
- Englishring
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
- Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
- Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
- Old Englishsīde
- Middle Englishside
- Englishside
- Englishringside
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Cite this entry
ringside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ringside
“ringside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ringside. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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