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body-slam

body-slam is the alternative spelling of bodyslam.

Meaning of bodyslam

Verb

bodyslam (third-person singular simple present bodyslams, present participle bodyslamming, simple past and past participle bodyslammed)

  1. (wrestling and combat sports) To throw an opponent bodily on the floor, e.g. in wrestling or judo, sometimes also throwing one's own body on top of them
    • I had never taken a bodyslam much less a piledriver.2006, Brian Fritz with Christopher Murray, Between the Ropes: Wrestling's Greatest Triumphs and Failures, ECW Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 72
  2. (figuratively) To deliver a devastating blow against an opponent
    • He is struggling with his swing, and undoubtedly that has bodyslammed his inner psyche.2001 July 7, Richard Meek, “Young Tiger has growing up to do”, in Sun Herald, Biloxi, page C3

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Forms of body-slam

third-person singular presentbody-slams
present participlebody-slamming
past participlebody-slammed
pastbody-slammed

Questions about body-slam

What is body-slam the alternative spelling of?
Body-slam is the alternative spelling of bodyslam.

Words near body-slam in the dictionary

  1. body-shamed
  2. body-shamer
  3. body-shamers
  4. body-shames
  5. body-shaming
  6. body-slam
  7. body-slammed
  8. body-slamming
  9. body-slams
  10. body-snatcher
  11. body-snatchers

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