- (of a boxer) wearing no boxing gloves: These are bare-knuckle kids who need to learn a higher level of boxing.
- (of a boxing match or other fight) without gloves: a bare-knuckle brawl.
- without regard for rules or niceties; rough-and-tumble: a bare-knuckle approach to judicial reform.
- without boxing gloves: He’s a scrappy guy who likes to fight bare-knuckle.
- in a manner that bypasses rules and niceties: If we have to take on these land developers bare-knuckle, we will.
- without boxing gloves
- aggressive and without reservations
