"shadowboxing" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: 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 Categories (topical): Boxing Related terms: shadowbox, shadowboxer Translations (form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent): varjonyrkkeily (Finnish), Schattenboxen [neuter] (German), シャドーボクシング (shadōbokushingu) (Japanese), gölge boksu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-shadowboxing-en-noun-HuUQghwe Disambiguation of Boxing: 55 45

Verb

Etymology: 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): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81

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