superkick
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Noun edit
superkick (plural superkicks)
- (physics, astronomy) An ultrarelativistic interaction between two spinning black holes.
- (professional wrestling) A high side thrust kick attack, which sees the wrestler use the sole of the foot to strike an opponent's head or chin.
- (martial arts, video games, fantasy, science fiction, rare) An extremely strong kick, performed with proficiency, which differs from the common wrestling variation.
- 1920, The Saturday Evening Post[1], Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, page 129:
- Thirty minutes later this superkick landed me, when I came crashing back to earth, at the door of the Egyptian tomb.
- 1980, Berkley Middle School Yearbook[3], Berkley Public Library, page 29:
- Lori Couto's SUPERKICK?
- 2004, Brian Doyle, Spirited Men: Story, Soul & Substance[4], Cowley Publications, →ISBN, page 127:
- At the end of the season, in December, they have a competitive and hilarious “superkick,’ a contest measuring accuracy, distance, and style (“style meaning how mongrelly your kicks are”), but that’s generally the extent of formal ceremony, a fact Kelly savors.
Verb edit
superkick (third-person singular simple present superkicks, present participle superkicking, simple past and past participle superkicked)
- (professional wrestling) to perform a superkick