different between boxing vs fistic

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

fist +? -ic. Doublet of fisty.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?st?k

Adjective

fistic (comparative more fistic, superlative most fistic)

1. Of or pertaining to boxing or fighting with fists.

   Synonyms: fistical, pugilistic

   • 1865?, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

     This was another common procedure on the part of the ladies of the Hole, when heated by verbal or fistic altercation.

   • Episode 12, The Cyclops

     The Englishman, whose right eye was nearly closed, took his corner where he was liberally drenched with water and when the bell went came on gamey and brimful of pluck, confident of knocking out the fistic Eblanite in jigtime.

Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (f?st?k), from Arabic ???????? (fustuq), from Middle Persian pstk' (pistag).

Noun

fistic m (uncountable)

1. pistachio

Declension