"kidney punch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: kidney punches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kidney punch (plural kidney punches)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Boxing, Hit Synonyms: kidney-punch Related terms: body blow
    Sense id: en-kidney_punch-en-noun-6lkP08qD Disambiguation of Boxing: 94 6 Disambiguation of Hit: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5

Verb [English]

Forms: kidney punches [present, singular, third-person], kidney punching [participle, present], kidney punched [participle, past], kidney punched [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} kidney punch (third-person singular simple present kidney punches, present participle kidney punching, simple past and past participle kidney punched)
  1. To deliver such a blow.
    Sense id: en-kidney_punch-en-verb-nwGVpC5A

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1938 June 22, James P. Dawson, “Fight, Might and Whata Right!”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-01-06:",
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