boxing
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
Material used for making boxes or casing.
Casing.
Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
Etymology
From box (“to punch”) + -ing.
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BOXING at a glance
BOXING has 6 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (B 3 + O 1 + X 8 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,301 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with boxing
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- BORING9
- BOWING12
- BOOING9
- BONING9
- DOXING15
- FOXING17
- BODING10
- BOYING12
- COXING16
- BOKING13
- HOXING17
- LOXING14
- POXING16
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