n. 25B6; verb
he began boxing professionally : FIGHT, prizefight, spar; battle, brawl; informal scrap.
he boxed my ears : CUFF, smack, strike, hit, thump, slap, swat, punch, jab, wallop; Scottish & N. English skelp; informal belt, bop, biff, sock, clout, clobber, whack, plug, slug; Brit. informal slosh, dot; N. Amer. informal boff, bust.
25B6; noun a box on the ear : CUFF, hit, thump, slap, smack, swat, punch, jab, hook; Scottish & N. English skelp; informal belt, bop, biff, sock, clout, whack, plug, slug.