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boxings

boxings is the plural of boxing.

Meaning of boxing

Noun (1)

boxing (uncountable)

  1. 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...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

Noun (2)

boxing (plural boxings)

  1. Material used for making boxes or casing.
  2. Casing.
  3. (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.

Questions about boxings

What is boxings the plural of?
Boxings is the plural of boxing.

Words near boxings in the dictionary

  1. boxing the Jesuit
  2. boxing time
  3. boxing up
  4. boxing week
  5. boxing weeks
  6. boxings
  7. boxkeeper
  8. boxkeepers
  9. boxla
  10. boxless
  11. boxlessness

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