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Ignored by superior? That’s a blow
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uppercut
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in pugilism, a close-in strike upward with the fist, 1831, from upper + cut (n.). Perhaps the image is of chopping a tree by making cuts up (as well as down) in the trunk.\n\nIt was on a side hill, and I observed a boy, who appeared to be about fifteen ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
An uppercut is a punch used in boxing. Uppercut may also refer to: Uppercut (bridge) , a defensive play in contract bridge The Upper Cuts , a 2005 compilation album by Alan Braxe "Uppercut", a song by Stereophonics from Keep Calm and Carry On Upper cut, ...
Usage examples of uppercut.
And without any noticeable interregnum of full consciousness, he seemed to pass right on into another kind of dreamthe transition being effected by the contingence upon the point of his jaw of a tearing uppercut that started well below the Saint's waistline and consummated every erg of its weight and velocity at the most vital angle of the victim's face.
His bosom buddy of course took a wide sloppy swing at Krome's noggin, but Tom had plenty of time to duck (Mary Andrea was way ahead of him) and unleash a solid uppercut to the scrotal region.
This was a new one to me, I'll own: Lola and her hairbrush, Mrs Mandeville and her spurs, Ranavalona swinging uppercuts and right crosses-I'd experienced a variety of bizarre behaviour from females in the throes of passion.
Before she could recover, I slammed her with a roundhouse kick to the gut then, as she crumpled forward, an uppercut to the jaw knocked her off her feet and flipped her backward, her head cracking against a marble bust.
I saw that in clinches his elbows were tucked in to deflect body shots, leaving him open for jarring little uppercuts that would bring up his guard and set him up for counter hooks to the ribs.
I developed a bad case of hiccups, more like a series of jabbing uppercuts to the chin.
Every time he gets in close, Jack ties him up, then gets one hand loose and uppercuts him, but when Walcott gets his hands loose he socks Jack in the body so they can hear it outside in the street.
But, staggering under a machine-gun fire of short hooks and uppercuts, he suddenly ripped up an uppercut of his own.
Harry had boxed for the Navy in his time and he dealt out straight rights, lefts and uppercuts in the best traditions of the boxing ring.
In a flash Frank and Joe delivered stinging uppercuts to their opponents' jaws.
On one knee, I blocked his sword with Mynash's and then pounded his midsection with an uppercutting left that lifted him completely off his feet.
The man holding Wagner lifted him up off the ground and Paulie swung his arm, uppercutting into the perfectly positioned groin.