Thesaurus results for SLUGGER

slugger

noun

Definition of slugger

as in boxer

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Recent Examples of slugger Veteran Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber is the latest participant announced for the Home Run Derby in Philadelphia on Monday night. — ABC News, 10 July 2026 Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami had an RBI double during his second injury rehab game with Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 The former record holders were Brooklyn Dodgers great Gil Hodges in 1950 against the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber in his four-homer game this past August — both with nine, according to Stathead. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 8 July 2026 The big slugger got $8,416,300 to sign and was in the majors a year later but has not been all the Tigers envisioned. — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for slugger

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Noun

Serrano is a seven-division champion, the first Puerto Rican undisputed world champion (male or female), and the first female boxer to headline Madison Square Garden.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
The 29-year-old boxer stepped out in a dark suit for sports’ big night.

— Jaclyn Hendricks, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Definition of boxer

Noun

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

Noun

Don’t be a palooka, start Nacua.

— Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
One year after the Academy bafflingly ignored his work in Sideways, Giamatti finally scored his first Oscar nomination for his purely entertaining performance as boxing manager Joe Gould in Ron Howard’s proudly old-fashioned Depression-era palooka drama.

— A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024

Definition of palooka

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Later in May, Kim Kardashian wore butter yellow gladiator stilettos with a vintage Dior by John Galliano dress.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 13 July 2026
Rising through the ranks as a gladiator, Maximus fights his way back to Rome to seek vengeance and restore honor to the Empire.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of gladiator

Noun

Short-muzzle breeds like pugs and bull dogs are at higher risk of heat stroke, as are older dogs, overweight dogs and dogs with medical conditions, according to Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine.

— Eva Flowe June 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
The black pug, named Shadow, was found trapped at the bottom of a deep hole at a construction site in Northern California on June 16, according to the Marin County Fire Department.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026