Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kidney punch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: kid-ney punch
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

verb

To deliver such a blow.

Example Sentences

"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"
"These fees have ballooned. . . . That has hit advertising like a kidney punch."
"When the champion landed a vicious left-handed kidney punch early in the fourth, Azzaoui crumpled to the canvas."

Inflected Forms

kidney punches (plural) kidney-punch (alternative) kidney punches (present, singular) kidney punching (participle, present) kidney punched (participle, past) kidney punched (past)

Phrases

body blow

Frequently Paired Words

body blow

Questions

What does kidney punch mean?: 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.

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