sucker punch
verb
sucker punched; sucker punching; sucker punches
: to punch (a person) suddenly without warning and often without apparent provocation
sucker punch
noun
Examples of sucker punch in a Sentence
One of them sucker punched me.
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Out of nowhere, Derrick Nix — Appling’s former high school teammate — sucker punched Green in the jaw.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
And Colton sucker punched both Höglander and Tyler Myers, as the on-ice officials attempted to intervene.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Indeed, his research shows that octopuses recognize—and direct their sucker punches at—fish species that tend to be more exploitative.
—Byhannah Richter, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
This looked like a team that had just absorbed quite a sucker punch.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
And Colton sucker punched both Höglander and Tyler Myers, as the on-ice officials attempted to intervene.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Indeed, his research shows that octopuses recognize—and direct their sucker punches at—fish species that tend to be more exploitative.
—Byhannah Richter, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
This looked like a team that had just absorbed quite a sucker punch.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Sucker punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sucker%20punch. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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