boxing
1the material used to make boxes or casings.
a boxlike enclosure; casing.
an act or instance of putting into or furnishing with a box.
Origin of boxing
1Words Nearby boxing
Other definitions for boxing (2 of 2)
the act, technique, or profession of fighting with the fists, with or without boxing gloves.
Origin of boxing
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use boxing in a sentence
Stopping by The Carlos Watson Show, she and OZY’s co-founder and CEO — and podcasting partner on When Katty Met Carlos — cut it up over media, politics, and why she’s better at dancing than boxing.
The BBC’s Katty Kay Shuts Down Men Who ‘Tell Me to Shut Up’ | Eugene Robinson | January 23, 2021 | OzyMany boxing analysts at the time indicated they feared for Leonard’s well-being against the punishing middleweight.
In an entertaining spectacle, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. battle to a draw in Los Angeles | Gene Wang | November 29, 2020 | Washington PostTyson and Jones, 51, also will be wearing 12-ounce gloves, two ounces heavier than most officially sanctioned boxing matches.
Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. are both in their 50s. They will be fighting for a WBC belt in a month. | Gene Wang | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostMike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history more than three decades ago.
Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. are both in their 50s. They will be fighting for a WBC belt in a month. | Gene Wang | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostBelieve it or not, I had the strength to take Zumba and boxing classes.
The Anatomy Of A Breast Cancer Survivor: ‘Early Detection Saved My Life’ | Charli Penn | October 6, 2020 | Essence.com
Cal Poly Pomona student Heather DeCosta described it as “kind of just boxing us in at all four sides of the street.”
Dispatch From USC Protests over Ferguson | Maya Richard Craven | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat is why Malloy is campaigning on a lonely stretch of barber shops and boxing gyms in New Haven a week before the election.
Dan Malloy Is Progressives’ Dream Governor. So Why Isn’t He Winning? | David Freedlander | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt a youth boxing gym up the street, Malloy tries to make small talk with the kids.
Dan Malloy Is Progressives’ Dream Governor. So Why Isn’t He Winning? | David Freedlander | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Any time you do a big project on boxing, you have to include Cuban boxers because they are the best in the world,” he said.
Mike Tyson has enjoyed quite the career resurgence since his retirement from professional boxing.
[NSFW] Viral Video of the Day: Mike Tyson Explodes on Canadian TV | Jack Holmes | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI have it on good authority that he put Mr. Dempsey to sleep one evening about fifteen years ago in an amateur boxing meet.
Hunting scenes, men boxing, and charioteers encouraging their horses, also occur.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThey were subject to a system of athletic exercises, and engaged in contests of running, wrestling, and boxing.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 | VariousFurther, how should we distinguish the natural boxing ability from that which is scientifically acquired?
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)For the art of boxing implies a relation; all the knowledge it imparts is relative to something else.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)
British Dictionary definitions for boxing
/ (ˈbɒksɪŋ) /
the act, art, or profession of fighting with the fists, esp the modern sport practised under Queensberry rules
(as modifier): a boxing enthusiast
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse