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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A blow with the fist.
  • A compartment to sit in at a theater, courtroom or auditorium.
  • A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements.
  • Any of various Buxus''.
  • A rectangular border around an image or section of text.
  • A rectangular container, usually with a hinged lid.
  • A small rectangular shelter like a booth.
  • As much as fills a box.
  • A trap or predicament.
  • Boxwood: the wood from a box tree.
  • slang A computer, or the case in which it is housed. computer|u|s|t
  • cricket A hard protector for the genitals worn by a batsman or close fielder inside the underpants.
  • engineering A cylindrical casing around for example a bearing or gland.
  • euphemistic coffin.
  • football The penalty area.
  • juggling A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
  • slang The vagina.
  • slang (''with'' '''the''') Television.
  • The driver's seat on a coach.

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Verb:

  • transitive|Jamaican English|AAVE To punch (a person).
  • intransitive To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
  • transitive computing To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
  • usually with 'in' To hem in.
  • transitive To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
  • transitive To place inside a box.
  • transitive To strike with the fists.

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