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uppercut
nounas inblow
Strong matches
Weak match
nounas inhit
verbas inhit
Strong matches
Example Sentences
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.
Donovan seemed to use downstairs as his target with Crocker bringing the uppercut into play but he would find himself with a huge welt under the left eye by the end of the fourth.
Drakeo and his crew held their own: exchanging jabs and uppercuts.
Bakole found some success, drawing blood from Parker's nose with an uppercut followed by a stinging left to the body.
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Related Words
Words related touppercut are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the worduppercut. Browse related words to learn more about word associations.
blownounas inhard hit
nounas inhard hit
hitnounas instrike, bump
nounas instrike, bump
hitverbas instrike
verbas instrike
- bang
- bash
- bat
- batter
- beat
- belt
- blast
- blitz
- box
- brain
- buffet
- bump
- clap
- clip
- clobber
- clout
- club
- crack
- cudgel
- cuff
- dab
- ding
- flail
- flax
- flog
- give a black eye
- hammer
- hook
- jab
- kick
- knock
- knock about/knock around
- knock out
- KO
- lace
- lambaste
- larrup
- lather
- let fly
- let have it
- lob
- nail
- pellet
- pelt
- percuss
- pop
- pound
- punch
- rap
- ride roughshod
- slap
- smack
- sock
- stone
- swat
- tap
- thrash
- thump
- thwack
- trash
- uppercut
- wallop
- whack
- whang
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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