bodyslam
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To throw an opponent bodily on the floor, e.g. in wrestling or judo, sometimes also throwing one's own body on top of them
verb
To deliver a devastating blow against an opponent
noun
Such a throw
noun
A devastating blow against an opponent.
Example Sentences
- "I had never taken a bodyslam much less a piledriver."
- "He is struggling with his swing, and undoubtedly that has bodyslammed his inner psyche."
- "The recession is bodyslamming Corporate America in a new and troubling way."
- "By bodyslamming its new Rob Lowe courtroom drama, "The Lyon's Den," against ABC's surprisingly resurgent courtroom drama, "The Practice," NBC hastened the swift demise of its best fall entry."
- "Just a simple bodyslam of everyone else in the sector. Which is why I am glad I never sold my Cisco. But it is also why I am not buying more."