boxing
See also: bóxīng
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒksɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) enPR: bäksʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈbɑːksɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɒksɪŋ
- Hyphenation: box‧ing
Etymology 1 edit
From box (“to punch”) + -ing.
Verb edit
boxing
- present participle and gerund of box
Noun edit
boxing (uncountable)
- (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
Synonyms edit
- (sports): fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
the sport of boxing
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See also edit
terms associated with boxing
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
boxing (plural boxings)
- Material used for making boxes or casing.
- (construction) Casing.
- (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “programming”): unboxing
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Verb edit
boxing
- present participle and gerund of box
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- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɒksɪŋ
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- English terms suffixed with -ing
- English non-lemma forms
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- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Sports
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