box someone's ears
1box someone's ears — box someone’s ears informal old fashioned phrase to hit someone on the side of the head, as a punishment Thesaurus: punishment of being hithyponym Main entry: box * * * slap someone on the side of the head as a punishment or in anger * * * box… …
2box someone's ears — box (someone s) ears old fashioned to hit someone, usually as a punishment. I ll box your ears, young man, if you come home late again! …
3box someone's ears — ► box someone s ears slap someone on the side of the head. Main Entry: ↑box …
4box someone's ears — slap someone on the side of the head. → boxed …
5box someone's ears — informal old fashioned to hit someone on the side of the head, as a punishment …
6box — Ⅰ. box [1] ► NOUN 1) a container with a flat base and sides and a lid. 2) an area enclosed within straight lines on a page or computer screen. 3) an enclosed area reserved for a group of people in a theatre or sports ground, or for witnesses or… …
7box ears — box (someone s) ears old fashioned to hit someone, usually as a punishment. I ll box your ears, young man, if you come home late again! …
8box — box1 noun 1》 a container with a flat base and sides and a lid. ↘(the box) informal, chiefly Brit. television. 2》 an area enclosed within straight lines on a page or computer screen, to be filled in with or containing information. 3》 (the box) …
9box — box1 [ baks ] noun *** ▸ 1 container ▸ 2 space for writing in ▸ 3 in theater ▸ 4 area of sports ground ▸ 5 address ▸ 6 tree with shiny leaves ▸ 7 for a dead body ▸ 8 telephone box ▸ 9 used by men in sports ▸ 10 television ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a …
10box — [[t]bɒ̱ks[/t]] ♦♦ boxes, boxing, boxed 1) N COUNT A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids. He reached into the cardboard box beside him... They sat on wooden boxes. ...the box of tissues on her… …
