boxing glove
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈbɑksɪŋ ɡlʌv/
:
guante de boxeo
- Lord, I thought you forgot your boxing gloves back in the room.
- a pair of boxing gloves
- wear boxing gloves
- lacing up boxing gloves
You know, when if you got hit in the face with one of those huge boxing gloves, that's painful.
- You know, when if you got hit in the face with one of those huge boxing gloves, that's painful.
- We have people pulling a knife in a boxing match or, you know, plaster, you know, bandages in their boxing gloves or whatever is going on.
- Well, I took and and cut a hole in the boxing glove and stuck a tube from there up his arm, glued it off camera came to a big giant hypo.
Examples
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Minna and Tim O'Brien wear boxing gloves and spar playfully with each other.
Fiction book (1998) -
Good, then take off the boxing gloves, come out, and shake hands.
Fiction book (1992) -
'Cause I keep my boxing gloves back in the room.
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Last year she gave me a pair of boxing gloves.
Academic text (1991) -
These boxing gloves were worn by Joe Louis in his first fight.
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Andy and Bradley both wanted the Muhammad Ali boxing gloves.
Fiction book (2001) -
Rocky Balboa's boxing gloves from his first heavyweight fight.
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Before the match, he carefully adjusted his boxing glove to ensure a secure fit.
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The coach instructed the fighters to always wear their boxing gloves during practice to prevent injuries.
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During the training session, she realized her boxing gloves were too tight and needed to be replaced.
Synonyms
880
1.0
A cover for the hand that keeps it warm or protects it
21
1.8
A warm glove that keeps the fingers together and has a thumb
1
9.9
A leather band or glove that ancient fighters wrap around their hands to protect them and make punches stronger
How Padded
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2.4
880
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'boxing' (the sport) + 'glove' (a hand covering): it denotes the glove used for boxing. This noun–noun compound follows a common and cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Boxing glove comes from the simple image of a glove made for boxing: a thick, padded mitten fighters put on their hands to 'soften' punches and 'protect' both people in the ring. So today boxing glove means the padded mitten used in the sport to reduce injury.