Meaning of Boxer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.
2. A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
3. A Chinese anti-imperial and xenophobic rebel of the early 1900s.
   historical
4. A surname.
5. A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
6. The person running a game of two-up.
7. One who packs boxes.
8. A letterboxer.
9. Attributive form of boxers (“boxer shorts”).
   attributive, form-of

Equivalents

Examples

“You can tell⟳ she's a boxer by looking at her nose.”

“In 1925, boxer shorts were unleashed on the world: loose-fitting underwear for men, featuring an elastic waistband inspired by the shorts worn by boxers. It was underwear for the inner pugilist.”

“They look⟳ over the boxes that have⟳ been packed, pass⟳ judgment upon defects detected by the boxers, and O. K. the boxes […]”

“Jockey International, the major boxer maker, has a design⟳ for everyone: jungle prints featuring the irrepressible Garfield the cat peeping out between the leaves; […]”

“My husband, Zac, noticed my laundry shortcomings when his sock and boxer drawer came up empty, and kindly asked if I could please⟳ do some laundry.”

“The boxer-type underwear would tear⟳ and get⟳ tangled up, and the brief kind would get⟳ too binding and hot, so we might not wear⟳ either.”

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