Meanings
boxing1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of box
- uncountablehobbiesA 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.
1 more example
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 2024Synonyms: fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring
boxing2
plural boxings
- Material used for making boxes or casing.
- object-oriented programmingAutomatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of box
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
antonym(s) of “programming”
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe enclosure of something in a package or box
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
boxing · noun, verb
- Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
- Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
- Late Latinbuxis
- Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
- Old Englishbox
- Middle Englishbox
- Englishbox
- Englishboxing
Translations
Afrikaans boks
- boksthe sport of boxing
Ancient Greek πυγμαχία, πυγμή
- πυγμαχία (pugmakhía)the sport of boxing
- πυγμή (pugmḗ)the sport of boxing
Arabic مُلَاكَمَة
- مُلَاكَمَة (mulākama)the sport of boxing
Bengali বক্সিং
- বক্সিং (bokśiṅ)the sport of boxing
Bulgarian бокс
- бокс (boks)the sport of boxing
Catalan boxa
- boxathe sport of boxing
Chinese Mandarin 拳擊 /拳击
- 拳擊 /拳击 (quánjī, quánjí)the sport of boxing
Czech box
- boxthe sport of boxing
Danish boksning
- boksningthe sport of boxing
Dutch boksen
- boksenthe sport of boxing
Esperanto boksado
- boksadothe sport of boxing
Estonian poks
- poksthe sport of boxing
Finnish nyrkkeily, käärintä
- nyrkkeilythe sport of boxing
- käärintäautomatic conversion of value types to objects
French boxe, pugilat
- boxethe sport of boxing
- pugilatthe sport of boxing
German Boxen
- Boxenthe sport of boxing
Greek πυγμαχία, μποξ
- πυγμαχία (pygmachía)the sport of boxing
- μποξ (box)the sport of boxing
Hawaiian kuʻi, moko
- kuʻithe sport of boxing
- mokothe sport of boxing
- mokomokothe sport of boxing
Hebrew אִגְרוּף
- אִגְרוּף (igrof)the sport of boxing
Hindi बॉक्सिंग
- बॉक्सिंग (bŏksiṅg)the sport of boxing
Hungarian ökölvívás
- ökölvívásthe sport of boxing
Icelandic hnefaleikar, box
- hnefaleikarthe sport of boxing
- boxthe sport of boxing
Indonesian tinju
- tinjuthe sport of boxing
Irish dornálaíocht
- dornálaíochtthe sport of boxing
Italian boxe, pugilato
- boxethe sport of boxing
- pugilatothe sport of boxing
Japanese ボクシング, 拳闘
- ボクシング (bokushingu)the sport of boxing
- 拳闘 (kentō)the sport of boxing
Korean 권투, 복싱
- 권투 (gwontu)the sport of boxing
- 복싱 (boksing)the sport of boxing
Latin pugilātiō
- pugilātiōthe sport of boxing
Latvian bokss
- bokssthe sport of boxing
Lithuanian boksas
- boksasthe sport of boxing
Malay boksing, tinju
- boksingthe sport of boxing
- tinjuthe sport of boxing
Māori momoto, motomoto
- momotothe sport of boxing
- motomotothe sport of boxing
- mekemekethe sport of boxing
- pākaka (raima)boxwork or boards in place to hold wet concrete until it sets
Norwegian boksing
- boksingthe sport of boxing
Persian بوکس
- بوکس (boks)the sport of boxing
Polish boks
- boksthe sport of boxing
Portuguese boxe
- boxethe sport of boxing
Romanian box
- boxthe sport of boxing
Russian бокс
- бокс (boks)the sport of boxing
Scottish Gaelic dòrnaireachd
- dòrnaireachdthe sport of boxing
Slovak box
- boxthe sport of boxing
Spanish boxeo, box
- boxeothe sport of boxing
- boxthe sport of boxing
- pugilismothe sport of boxing
Swahili ndondi
- ndondithe sport of boxing
Swedish boxning
- boxningthe sport of boxing
Tagalog boksing
- boksingthe sport of boxing
Thai มวยสากล
- มวยสากล (muay săa-gon)the sport of boxing
Turkish boks, yumrukoyunu
- boksthe sport of boxing
- yumrukoyunuthe sport of boxing
- mülakemethe sport of boxing
- kuntthe sport of boxing
Ukrainian бокс
- бокс (boks)the sport of boxing
Urdu مکے بازی
- مکے بازی (mke bāzī)the sport of boxing
Vietnamese quyền Anh, quyền thuật
- quyền Anhthe sport of boxing
- quyền thuậtthe sport of boxing
Cite this entry
boxing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxing
“boxing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boxing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxing.
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