shadow-box

vb (intr)

1. (Boxing) boxing to practise blows and footwork against an imaginary opponent

2. to act or speak unconvincingly, without saying what one means, etc: he's just shadow-boxing.

ˈshadow-ˌboxing n

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shadow-box

Past participle: shadow-boxed
Gerund: shadow-boxing

Imperative
shadow-box
shadow-box

Present
I shadow-box
you shadow-box
he/she/it shadow-boxes
we shadow-box
you shadow-box
they shadow-box

Preterite
I shadow-boxed
you shadow-boxed
he/she/it shadow-boxed
we shadow-boxed
you shadow-boxed
they shadow-boxed

Present Continuous
I am shadow-boxing
you are shadow-boxing
he/she/it is shadow-boxing
we are shadow-boxing
you are shadow-boxing
they are shadow-boxing

Present Perfect
I have shadow-boxed
you have shadow-boxed
he/she/it has shadow-boxed
we have shadow-boxed
you have shadow-boxed
they have shadow-boxed

Past Continuous
I was shadow-boxing
you were shadow-boxing
he/she/it was shadow-boxing
we were shadow-boxing
you were shadow-boxing
they were shadow-boxing

Past Perfect
I had shadow-boxed
you had shadow-boxed
he/she/it had shadow-boxed
we had shadow-boxed
you had shadow-boxed
they had shadow-boxed

Future
I will shadow-box
you will shadow-box
he/she/it will shadow-box
we will shadow-box
you will shadow-box
they will shadow-box

Future Perfect
I will have shadow-boxed
you will have shadow-boxed
he/she/it will have shadow-boxed
we will have shadow-boxed
you will have shadow-boxed
they will have shadow-boxed

Future Continuous
I will be shadow-boxing
you will be shadow-boxing
he/she/it will be shadow-boxing
we will be shadow-boxing
you will be shadow-boxing
they will be shadow-boxing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been shadow-boxing
you have been shadow-boxing
he/she/it has been shadow-boxing
we have been shadow-boxing
you have been shadow-boxing
they have been shadow-boxing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been shadow-boxing
you will have been shadow-boxing
he/she/it will have been shadow-boxing
we will have been shadow-boxing
you will have been shadow-boxing
they will have been shadow-boxing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been shadow-boxing
you had been shadow-boxing
he/she/it had been shadow-boxing
we had been shadow-boxing
you had been shadow-boxing
they had been shadow-boxing

Conditional
I would shadow-box
you would shadow-box
he/she/it would shadow-box
we would shadow-box
you would shadow-box
they would shadow-box

Past Conditional
I would have shadow-boxed
you would have shadow-boxed
he/she/it would have shadow-boxed
we would have shadow-boxed
you would have shadow-boxed
they would have shadow-boxed

Translations

shadow-box

[ˈʃædəʊbɒks] VI → boxear con un adversario imaginario (fig) → disputar con un adversario imaginario

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