superkick

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ kick.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːpɚkɪk/
• Hyphenation: su‧per‧kick

Noun

superkick (plural superkicks)

1. (physics, astronomy) An ultrarelativistic interaction between two spinning black holes.
2. (professional wrestling) A high side thrust kick attack, which sees the wrestler use the sole of the foot to strike an opponent's head or chin.
3. (martial arts, video games, fantasy, science fiction, rare) An extremely strong kick, performed with proficiency, which differs from the common wrestling variation.
   • 1920, The Saturday Evening Post‎^[1], Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, page 129:

     Thirty minutes later this superkick landed me, when I came crashing back to earth, at the door of the Egyptian tomb.

   • 1933, Eleanor Mercein Kelly, Arabesque‎^[2], Harper & Brothers, page 231:

     "Mere you-tickle-me-I-tickle you stuff. No Urge^[sic] about that sort of thing; no Superkick;—well Starfire, if you know what I mean!"— she said it shyly, being young enough and Anglo-Saxon enough, to dread the language.

   • 1980, Berkley Middle School Yearbook‎^[3], Berkley Public Library, page 29:

     Lori Couto's SUPERKICK?

   • 2004, Brian Doyle, Spirited Men: Story, Soul & Substance‎^[4], Cowley Publications, →ISBN, page 127:

     At the end of the season, in December, they have a competitive and hilarious “superkick,’ a contest measuring accuracy, distance, and style (“style meaning how mongrelly your kicks are”), but that’s generally the extent of formal ceremony, a fact Kelly savors.

Verb

superkick (third-person singular simple present superkicks, present participle superkicking, simple past and past participle superkicked)

1. (professional wrestling) to perform a superkick