uppercut

uppercut

See also: upper cut

English

Etymology

upper +‎ cut

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌt

Noun

uppercut (plural uppercuts)

1. (boxing) A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin.
2. (cricket) A cut shot that sends the ball over the wicket-keeper's head.

Translations

in boxing

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: удар изотдолу (udar izotdolu) Dutch: opstoot (nl) m, uppercut (nl) m Finnish: kohokoukku, uppari French: uppercut (fr) m German: Uppercut (de) m, Aufwärtshaken m Hungarian: felütés Irish: dorn aníos m, buille in airde m Italian: sergozzone m Japanese: アッパーカット (appākatto), アッパー (appā) Korean: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: аперкат m (aperkat) Polish: hak (pl) m Portuguese: gancho (pt), cruza Romanian: upercut (ro) n Russian: апперко́т (ru) m (apperkót) Serbo-Croatian: aperkat (sh) m Spanish: gancho al mentón m Swedish: uppercut c Thai: หมัดเสย, หมัดสอยดาว Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Verb

uppercut (third-person singular simple present uppercuts, present participle uppercutting, simple past and past participle uppercut)

1. To strike with an uppercut

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English uppercut.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: up‧per‧cut

Noun

uppercut m (plural uppercuts, diminutive uppercutje n)

1. (boxing, martial arts) uppercut

   Synonym: opstoot

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œ.pɛʁ.kœt/, /y.pɛʁ.kyt/

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Noun

uppercut m (plural uppercuts)

1. uppercut

Further reading

• “uppercut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English uppercut.

Noun

uppercut m (invariable)

1. uppercut

   Synonym: montante