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SHADOWBOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shadowbox mean?
• SHADOWBOX (verb)
The verb SHADOWBOX has 1 sense:
1. go through boxing motions without an opponent
Familiarity information: SHADOWBOX used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they shadowbox ... he / she / it shadowboxes
Past simple: shadowboxed
Past participle: shadowboxed
-ing form: shadowboxing
... he / she / it shadowboxes Past simple: shadowboxed
Past participle: shadowboxed
-ing form: shadowboxing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Go through boxing motions without an opponent
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "shadowbox" is one way to...):
box (engage in a boxing match)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
shadowboxing (sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training))
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