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
References
[edit]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
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Verb
[edit]boxing
- present participle and gerund of box
Categories:
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒksɪŋ
- Rhymes:English/ɒksɪŋ/2 syllables
- English terms suffixed with -ing
- English non-lemma forms
- English verb forms
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Sports
- English countable nouns
- en:Construction
- en:Object-oriented programming
- en:Boxing