roundhouse

noun

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as in uppercut

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Recent Examples of roundhouse McGregor’s first fight in five years lasted only 1 minute, 9 seconds because of a knee injury sustained while attempting an opening roundhouse kick on Saturday. — ABC News, 13 July 2026 Recent viral videos of a bot in a clown wig roundhouse kicking a small child, or another dancing bot breaking a spectator’s nose, are testament to that. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 10 June 2026 The main roundhouse that houses the knockout collection of American railroading treasures remains untouched, but parts of the property facing the Pigtown neighborhood are being completely reimagined. — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2026 He roundhouse kicks the cows and the butter comes straight out. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for roundhouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roundhouse
  1. uppercut
  2. knee
  3. swing
  4. kick
  5. left
  6. one-two
  7. right
  8. body blow
Noun
  • If last year’s bill delays were a blow to budgets, distribution troubles were the uppercut.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Throwing the uppercut is less important than being able to absorb one.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of uppercut
Noun
  • The reporter inquired, specifically, which knee Young was getting treatment on because the injury report didn’t clarify that.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The Avalanche captain missed more than three seasons following major right knee surgery.
    — CBS New York Team, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of knee
Noun
  • This was in 2024 and 2025, when the AI craze was in full swing and Claude and ChatGPT adoption was rising.
    — Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2026
  • And the dynamic in the candidates’ race to capture swing voters reflects the national debate gripping both parties about how moderate to be.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of swing
Noun
  • On the other, evidence suggests this pair of habitual time-wasters were commonly found on the floor, running laughter through a Yamaha SPX90 effects processor for kicks and strumming the same note for 40-odd minutes.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
  • After Matthew Smith blocked Michigan State’s 33-yard field-goal attempt by Liam Boyd, Chiles drove the Wildcats 64 yards in eight plays to set up the winning kick.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of kick
Noun
  • Le Pen’s already insurgent brand of nationalist, law-and-order politics is finding little meaningful opposition from the left or center.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
  • All of this plum pickings for politicians on the left and right.
    — Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of left
Noun
  • The offense continues to shine with the one-two punch of Hawkins and Cook.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The duo has traded standout performances, further establishing themselves as Texas's top one-two punch run threat.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of one-two
Noun
  • Many of his domestic critics have faulted him for prolonging the war in Gaza to appease his far-right allies, and for permitting ultra-Orthodox Jews to forgo military service to appease that sizable religious voter bloc.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Ellison fils’s most high-profile hiring decision was to enlist Bari Weiss—the former Times Opinion editor and founder of the center-right publication The Free Press—as editor-in-chief of CBS News.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of right
Noun
  • The deaths from the World Trade Center marked a huge body blow to Rockville Centre, which suffered more losses than many other communities in the tri-state area.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Shelton on the front foot, chasing Alcaraz around the court with body blow serves and driving strokes into the corners, getting the early break again.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of body blow

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