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boxing

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?ks??/
  • (General American) enPR: bäks??ng, IPA(key): /?b??ks??/
  • Rhymes: -?ks??
  • Hyphenation: box?ing

Etymology 1

From box (to punch) +? -ing.

Verb

boxing

  1. present participle of box

Noun

boxing (uncountable)

  1. (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
Synonyms
  • (sports): fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring
Hyponyms
  • kickboxing
  • shadowboxing
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
  • boxing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

  • boxing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From box +? -ing.

Noun

boxing (plural boxings)

  1. Material used for making boxes or casing.
  2. (construction) Casing.
  3. (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
Antonyms
  • (programming): unboxing

Hyponyms

  • autoboxing
Translations

Verb

boxing

  1. present participle of box

boxing From the web:

  • what boxing is on tonight
  • what boxing match is on tonight
  • what boxing fight is on tonight
  • what boxing match come on tonight
  • what boxing day
  • what boxing matches are coming up
  • what boxing legend was killed
  • what boxing gloves should i get


abox

English

Etymology

a- +? box (boxhaul)

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /??b?ks/

Adverb

abox (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Braced aback

Derived terms

  • brace abox

Translations

Adjective

abox (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Braced aback

abox From the web:

  • what a box
  • what a box plot
  • what a boxer dog looks like
  • what a boxer eats in a day
  • what a box plot tells you
  • what a box plot shows
  • what a boxer should eat
  • whatta box wendy's
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