"shadowboxing" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From shadow + boxing. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shadow|boxing}} shadow + boxing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} shadowboxing (uncountable)
  1. A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent. Tags: uncountable Related terms: shadowbox, shadowboxer Translations (form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent): 影子拳 (Chinese Mandarin), stínový box [masculine] (Czech), varjonyrkkeily (Finnish), Schattenboxen [neuter] (German), シャドーボクシング (shadōbokushingu) (Japanese), skuggboxning [common-gender] (Swedish), gölge boksu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-shadowboxing-en-noun-HuUQghwe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 81 19

Verb

Etymology: From shadow + boxing. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shadow|boxing}} shadow + boxing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shadowboxing
  1. present participle and gerund of shadowbox Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: shadowbox
    Sense id: en-shadowboxing-en-verb-cJgpvJ0V Categories (other): Boxing Disambiguation of Boxing: 35 65
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