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uppercut
[uhp-er-kuht]
noun
a swinging blow directed upward, as to an adversary's chin.
Bridge.a play of a higher trump than necessary knowing it can be overtrumped by an opponent but that if overtrumped, one or more trump winners in the hand of one's partner will be established.
verb (used with object)
to strike (an opponent) with an uppercut.
verb (used without object)
to deliver an uppercut.
Bridge.to make an uppercut.
uppercut
/ ˈʌəˌʌ /
noun
a short swinging upward blow with the fist delivered at an opponent's chin
verb
to hit (an opponent) with an uppercut
Example Sentences
They hit the bag with a left-handed jab, a right-handed reverse, a hook, another hook, an uppercut, another jab, bam, bam, bam.
They landed simultaneously in the third before Cacace appeared to make the first bit of a dent as he got through with one of his trademark uppercuts.
He landed right and left hooks to the body in the second round and Scull sneaked an uppercut through Alvarez's guard in the third.
Mayer connected with a right and left in the fourth, before landed flashy combinations and hurtful uppercuts to dominate the fifth and sixth as world champions Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson watched from ringside.
"That is the fight where he famously lifts Joe Frazier off the ground with an uppercut. That is George Foreman," Bunce said.
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