different between boxing vs champeen

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

English

Etymology

A corruption of champion.

Noun

champeen (plural champeens)

1. (nonstandard) A champion.

   • "He's the next champeen," admitted the first speaker.

   • 1991, "Entertainment: Will Tyson Do The Encores?," Time, 12 Aug:

     In this corner, the operatic heavyweight from Modena, Italy, Luciano Pavarotti! And in this corner, that Iberian emoter, champeen tenor Placido Domingo!

   • 2005, Paul Oerjuerge, "Armstrong untouchable to the end," The Sun (San Bernardino, USA), 24 July (retrieved 18 Oct 2010):

     So, there he goes, riding off into the golden sunset of history. Lance Armstrong, champeen of the cycling world.

Usage notes

• Originally used especially to refer to a champion in the sport of boxing, but since extended to other contexts.

Anagrams

• camphene