Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To knock (another) unconscious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to to knock to the ground with force.
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- verb slang To
strike someone so forcefully that they are rendered unconscious.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb knock down with force
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Examples
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Self-styled tough-guy supporters were always urging Obama to coldcock someone.
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Self-styled tough-guy supporters were always urging Obama to coldcock someone.
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Self-styled tough-guy supporters were always urging Obama to coldcock someone.
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The YouTubed Stahl seems to have mellowed a bit, pensive and steely-eyed instead of steely-eyed and ready to coldcock a nun.
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Kennedy's "hypothetical," which got so much attention from the slow Justice Mr. Souter, is such a perfect example of muddled disputation by the Court because of its preposterous self-contradictions that I am surprised Justice Scalia didn't get up and just coldcock the turkey right there on the spot.
"Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. questioned Meade skeptically..." Ann Althouse 2009
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Mal would probably win because he would confuse Jayne, then coldcock (looks at John) him.
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Just once I'd like to see Colmes lose his temper, jump out of his chair, and coldcock Hannity with a right cross -- that's assuming Colmes knows how to make a fist, of course.
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That cop on CM'er action was a pieplate-inspired coldcock.
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The nature of his coldcock was that his fist, the size of a small toaster, smashed me right on the nose.
Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004
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Brass moved toward Culpepper, fist poised to coldcock him; but Grissom stepped between them.
Double Dealer: Crime Scene Investigation Max Allan Collins 2002
mayne commented on the word coldcock
to strike someone unexpectedly, often from outside of their field of vision
December 20, 2006