Usually means: Powerful upward punch to chin.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. uppercut: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. uppercut: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. uppercut: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. uppercut: Collins English Dictionary
  5. uppercut: Vocabulary.com
  6. Uppercut, uppercut: Wordnik
  7. uppercut: Wiktionary
  8. uppercut: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. uppercut: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. uppercut: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. uppercut: Dictionary.com
  12. Uppercut (disambiguation), Uppercut: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. uppercut: Rhymezone
  14. uppercut: Free Dictionary
  15. uppercut: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. uppercut: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. uppercut: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Uppercut, the uppercut: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Uppercut: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (boxing) A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin.
noun:  (cricket) A cut shot that sends the ball over the wicket-keeper's head.
verb:  To strike with an uppercut.

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