Usually means: Training fight technique against imaginary opponent.
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  1. shadowboxing: Merriam-Webster
  2. shadowboxing: Vocabulary.com
  3. Shadowboxing, shadowboxing: Wordnik
  4. shadowboxing: Wiktionary
  5. shadowboxing: Dictionary.com
  6. shadowboxing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  7. Shadowboxing (Heroes), Shadowboxing (disambiguation), Shadowboxing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. shadowboxing: Rhymezone
  9. shadowboxing: FreeDictionary.org
  10. shadowboxing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. shadowboxing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shadowboxing: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shadowboxing)

▸ noun:  A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.

Similar:
shadow boxing, soft boxing, boxaerobics, speedbag, bagwork, speed bag, feint, white-collar boxing, cross-counter, half-shower, more...

Opposite:
actual fighting, sparring, combat

Adjectives:
mere, political, chinese, little, much, diplomatic, intellectual, such, verbal

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Similar:
shadow boxing, soft boxing, boxaerobics, speedbag, bagwork, speed bag, feint, white-collar boxing, cross-counter, half-shower, more...

Opposite:
actual fighting, sparring, combat

Adjectives:
mere, political, chinese, little, much, diplomatic, intellectual, such, verbal



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