box someone's ears

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

box someone's ears (third-person singular simple present boxes someone's ears, present participle boxing someone's ears, simple past and past participle boxed someone's ears)

1. (idiomatic) To slap someone on the side of the head, usually as an informal punishment.

Translations

slap on the side of the head

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打耳光 (zh) (dǎ ěrguāng)

• Finnish: vedellä pitkin korvia, antaa korvapuusti
• Portuguese: dar um pé de ouvido m
• Russian: надрать уши (nadratʹ uši), давать оплеуху / затрещину / подзатыльник (davatʹ opleuxu / zatreščinu / podzatylʹnik)
• Swedish: ge någon en örfil (sv), ge någon en hurring (sv)
• Welsh: bonclustio

See also

• box ears