boxing

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of box

Noun

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.

Noun

1. Material used for making boxes or casing.
2. Casing.
3. Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.

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box

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Synonyms

pugilism

fisticuffs

packing

packaging

wrestling

🤼

prizefighting

box

📦

fighting

spar

punch

👊

ring

💍

sparring

prize fight

slugfest

fighting with the fist

end turning

blind box

prise fight

box of shutters

contour welding

pugilistics

sweet science

case

cracking

encasement

encasing

fist

✊

fistfight

hit

package

📦

Translations

boxe

boxeo

pugilato

Boxen

boxe

πυγμαχία

boxe

boxa

boksen

📦

bokssport

boks

μποξ

Faustkampf

pugilismus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɒksɪŋ/

Etymology

From box (“to punch”) + -ing.

Sentences

His father introduced him to boxing around the age of seven .