Boxer - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbɑːksər|  American pronunciation of the word boxer
Brit.  |ˈbɒksə|  British pronunciation of the word boxer

noun

- someone who fights with his fists for sport (syn: pugilist)
- a workman employed to pack things into containers (syn: bagger, packer)
- a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China
- a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany

Extra examples

The boxer won the match by knockout.

The boxer fired a left jab at his opponent's chin.

...with the delivery of the knockout punch, the screen blacks out, and in the next scene the boxer wakes up in the hospital...

...a boxer who was as famous for his prefight cockalorum as for his knockouts in the ring...

The boxer made a feint with his right, then followed with a left hook.

...the boxer's ferine ferocity in the ring is legendary...

The boxer was flattened in the seventh round.

...his next opponent, the reigning champion, would be by far the most redoubtable adversary the young boxer had ever faced...

...the stocky boxer's strength and speed more than make up for his opponent's longer reach...

...the young boxer looked like a mere stripling next to his larger, more seasoned opponent...

The boxer took several blows to the head.

Mike was by no means so able a boxer as his opponent.

The boxer absorbed the punches without buckling.

He jabbed at the other boxer with his left.

The boxer's return generated enormous publicity.

Word forms

noun
singular: boxer
plural: boxers
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