Bodyslam
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Bodyslam is a verb meaning (figuratively) To deliver a devastating blow against an opponent.
Meaning
(figuratively) To deliver a devastating blow against an opponent.
More Meanings
- Such a throw
- (figuratively) A devastating blow against an opponent.
- (wrestling and combat sports) To throw an opponent bodily on the floor, eg in wrestling or judo, sometimes also throwing one's own body on top of them
Example Sentences
I had never taken a bodyslam much less a piledriver.
The recession is bodyslamming Corporate America in a new and troubling way.
He is struggling with his swing, and undoubtedly that has bodyslammed his inner psyche.
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.
Word Forms
- bodyslams
- bodyslamming
- bodyslammed
- body slam
- body-slam
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include body-slam, tackle, slam, powerslam, chokeslam, slat.
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