Very angry about boxer's debut in ring (7)
I believe the answer is:
vibrate
'ring' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'very angry about boxer's debut' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'angry' becomes 'irate' (irate can mean angry or annoyed).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'debut' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'boxers' is 'b'.
'irate' enclosing 'b' is 'ibrate'.
'v'+'ibrate'='VIBRATE'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vibrate that I've seen before include "Shake, quiver, or throb" , "Quiver rapidly, resonate" , "tremble" , "swing" , "Oscillate rapidly" .)