boxing

English Online Dictionary. What means boxing‎? What does boxing mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒksɪŋ/
• (General American) enPR: bäksʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːksɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒksɪŋ
• Hyphenation: box‧ing

Etymology 1

From box (“to punch”) +‎ -ing.

Verb

boxing

1. present participle and gerund of box

Noun

boxing (uncountable)

1. (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

• (sports): fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring

Hyponyms

• kickboxing
• shadowboxing

Derived terms

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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

• (antonym(s) of “programming”): unboxing

Hyponyms

• autoboxing

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

boxing

1. present participle and gerund of box