Thesaurus results for SLUGGER

slugger

noun

Definition of slugger

as in boxer

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Recent Examples of slugger The Philadelphia slugger was initially called out at home before the play was challenged and overturned. — Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Attention is now turning to Japanese slugger Teruaki Sato, a 27-year-old NPB MVP with impressive power numbers, whom the Phillies are actively scouting. — Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 White Sox right-hander Davis Martin was ejected after threw up and in on Stewart on consecutive pitches leading off the third, hitting the rookie slugger with the second one. — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 That list includes Kansas City slugger Jac Caglianone, who was mocked to Colorado in some drafts, and has 21 home runs this season. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slugger

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Noun

His father was a former boxer, and his great-uncle Iran Barkley had been a middleweight boxing world champion.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026
Four suspects in the killing of former world champion boxer Zolani Tete were arrested, South African police said Monday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of boxer

Noun

The 50-year-old Ukrainian pugilist was engaged to Panettiere in 2013 during an on-and-off relationship that lasted nearly a decade.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
The group reached the office of Ilhan Omar, a Democratic congresswoman from Minneapolis who has a reputation as a political pugilist.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of pugilist

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But Ford had stripped these two unpainted entries down to the chassis, like prizefighters shedding final pounds before weigh-in.

— Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
The explosive jazz‑rock pianist – known for redefining piano performance with the physicality of a prizefighter and the swagger of a rock guitarist – is set to turn the DIA’s auditorium into something closer to a sonic combustion chamber.

— Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 24 Feb. 2026

Definition of prizefighter

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Sylvester Stallone's underdog tale about a struggling palooka given one shot at the heavyweight championship is a stirring sports movie with a level of charm and sweetness that dissipated in the rounds (and rounds) of sequels that followed.

— Brian Lowry, CNN, 25 July 2019
All this real guts and glory in Philadelphia, yet one of the big tourist attractions is to run up the Art Museum steps the way a palooka named Rocky Balboa did on the silver screen.

— Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 1 Jan. 2018

Definition of palooka

Noun

Fire officials said the people inside the vehicle were OK, but crews then had to locate and secure a pug that had been riding inside.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
After losing Noodle, Graziano spent some time fostering dogs before adopting his current pug, Milton.

— Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026