Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

left, right, goodnight

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: left-, right, -good-night
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A series of three hits (typically punches): one with the left hand, then one with the right hand, then one that knocks the recipient out.

Example Sentences

"As he wasn't yet on the floor, Jamie finished him off with a brutal 'left, right, goodnight' to the jaw, which knocked the boy out cold."
"It was the left hook a few seconds later that really did for me. At that point I really should have gone into full-on defensive mode and tried to kill the seconds and ride out the round but instead, and this is where inexperience comes in, I tried to counter-attack. I was in no state to do so. A classic left, right, goodnight and it was all over."
"The snickers at him announcing himself as 'Dick' were soon put to a halt when he whipped those guns out, giving you a good 'left, right, goodnight' if you didn't hand over those gunky pearl earrings that had never seen an anti-bac wipe."

Inflected Forms

left, right, goodnights (plural)

Questions

What does left, right, goodnight mean?: A series of three hits (typically punches): one with the left hand, then one with the right hand, then one that knocks the recipient out.

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