Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one-two punch

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: one-t-wo punch
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A combination of two punches, one from each hand, thrown in rapid succession.

noun

A rapid sequence or combination of two things that has a quick or powerful effect.

Example Sentences

"Fish + Broccoli The benefit: You can sock it to cancer with this one-two punch."
"Products are increasingly differentiated by the one-two punch of crowd-sourced review and easy factual comparison."
"“We find that the end-Cretaceous mass extinction was caused by a combination of the volcanism and asteroid impact, delivering a theoretical ‘one-two punch’,” said study co-author Sierra Petersen of the University of Michigan, using boxing terminology."
"A one-two punch of diet drugs and TikTok undermined one of the most trusted brands in fat loss, lawyers for WeightWatchers told a US bankruptcy judge, as the bankrupt company seeks to reorganise into a slimmer version of itself."

Inflected Forms

one-two punches (plural)

Phrases

one-two

Frequently Paired Words

one-two

Questions

What does one-two punch mean?: A combination of two punches, one from each hand, thrown in rapid succession.

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