Boxer
Definitions
- A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.
- A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
- A Chinese anti-imperial and xenophobic rebel of the early 1900s.
- A surname.
- A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
- The person running a game of two-up.
- One who packs boxes.
- A letterboxer.
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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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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