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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Slang An unexpected punch or blow.

Wiktionary

  1. n. idiomatic An unexpected punch or similar blow.
  2. n. idiomatic A punch which is thrown to disable another in a place which is not normally a target in a "fair fight", such as on the back of the head.
  3. v. idiomatic To deliver an unexpected blow.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an unexpected punch

Examples

  • “He could smell the queer’s sweat on himself, going stale with his own sweat; he felt a beaucoup case of the sucker punch blues coming on.”

    The Big Nowhere

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  1. rabbit punch

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. punch
  1. poke
  1. slug
  1. clout
  1. Biff
  1. lick

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