uppercuts

Definition of uppercutsnext
plural of uppercut

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppercuts
Noun
  • Lower both knees until the back knee is close to the floor.
    Jim Diehl CSCS, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In the clip, shared by @whit_fashionfinds, footage from inside her living room shows her teen on hands and knees pushing clutter across the floor and underneath the couch.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Consider setting aside grandiose ambitions for the moment and taking a break to do something active with your hands.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Taxpayers generally foot a substantial portion of the bill, and owners reap the revenue from ticket sales, concessions, and stadium naming rights.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
  • If someone invokes these rights, police are supposed to stop questioning them immediately.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Head to any tennis court to try to get some swings in and one’s sure to see plenty of people playing pickleball, a combination of badminton, ping pong and tennis that sees players swing small paddles on a short court.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And some shivers, because that title isn’t a misdirect.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Loznitsa’s methods are grim and exacting, but the effect is never monotonous; there are shivers of Hitchcockian suspense, plus a whispery cackle of satire that veers toward the Kafkaesque.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The boxers, aged 40 and 42 respectively, threw hopeful knockout punches and barely jabbed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Shesterkin looked to get the edge, feeding Markström with a series of right-handed punches.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • From that moment on, the Bulldogs and the Wizards exchanged haymakers until the final minute.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The best in the world kept throwing haymakers at one another, run after run.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Uppercuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppercuts. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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