kidney punch
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See also: kidney-punch
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]kidney punch (plural kidney punches)
- A blow struck with the fist to the lower back region, capable of causing serious internal injury and not permitted under the rules of boxing.
- 1938 June 22, James P. Dawson, “Fight, Might and Whata Right!”, in New York Times, retrieved 6 January 2014:
- Following the bout, Schmeling said he was fouled. He said that he was hit a kidney punch, a devastating right, which so shocked his nervous system that he was dazed and his vision was blurred
- 1991 September 22, “What Happened To Advertising”, in Businessweek, retrieved 6 January 2014:
- These fees have ballooned. . . . That has hit advertising like a kidney punch.
- 2007 November 4, “Awesome Calzaghe sets sights on Hopkins superfight”, in London Evening Standard, UK, retrieved 6 January 2014:
- When the champion landed a vicious left-handed kidney punch early in the fourth, Azzaoui crumpled to the canvas.
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[edit]Verb
[edit]kidney punch (third-person singular simple present kidney punches, present participle kidney punching, simple past and past participle kidney punched)
- To deliver such a blow.
References
[edit]- “kidney punch”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.