boxing meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

boxing

noun

UK /ˈbɒksɪŋ/ · US /ˈbɑːksɪŋ/

Etymology From box (“to punch”) + -ing.

Hobbies, Lifestyle, 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.

So Ukraine is on the ropes. Using that boxing metaphor, one immediately thinks of the new world heavyweight champion, the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, who was seemingly down and out under the ferocious assault of the giant Tyson Fury, but then came back to win on points at the end of a brutal 12 rounds.2024 May 24, Timothy Garton Ash, “Ukraine can still recover with bolder western support – but right now it’s on the ropes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2024:

Synonyms: fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring
Derived terms: 25 terms
antiboxing, bare-knuckle boxing, boxaerobics, boxercise, boxing bag, boxing glove, boxing kangaroo, boxing match, boxing ring, Burmese boxing, cage boxing, chess boxing, drunken boxing, foxy boxing, kick-boxing, kickboxing, nonboxing, postboxing, shadow boxing, shadow-boxing, shadowboxing, soft boxing, Tae Bo, Thai boxing, white-collar boxing
Related terms: box, boxer, clinch, down for the count, fancy footwork, left hook, on the canvas, on the mat, on the ropes, prizefighting, ring, uppercut, wrestling
Hyponyms: kickboxing, shadowboxing

boxing

noun

Etymology From box + -ing.

Material used for making boxes or casing.

Business, Construction, Manufacturing Casing.

Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.

Object-oriented programming

Antonyms: unboxing
Derived terms: blue boxing, Boxing Day, boxing time
Hyponyms: autoboxing