heel-palm

heel-palm noun: a blow in which the heel of the palm strikes an opponent.

Noun

heel-palm (plural heel-palms)

A blow in which the heel of the palm strikes an opponent.
- ... and I smashed my hand down on the gun to my left and it roared and I felt for the man's throat and made the kill as the other man brought his gun up and fired wild and I went in very close and used a heel-palm and drove the nose bone upward into the brain as Ibrahimi screamed something and I...1992, Adam Hall, Quiller solitaire, →ISBN, page 244
- In one-step number two the defender does a knife-hand block. Then he punches with his right hand. And he finishes with a left heel-palm.1998, Keith D. Yates, Bryan Robbins, Tae Kwon Do for Kids, →ISBN, page 76
(orthopedics) A technique for evaluating the reduction of a hip or femur by holding the patient's heels in one's palms with both legs in abduction and internal rotation, then noting the amount of external rotation of the feet when the internal rotation is released.
- Whichever of these methods of manipulative reduction is used, a simple test for reduction, the Leadbetter heel-palm test, can be applied.1957, William E. Kenney, Carroll B.. Larson, Orthopedics for the General Practitioner, page 219

heel-palm (third-person singular simple present heel-palms, present participle heel-palming, simple past and past participle heel-palmed)

To strike with a heel-palm blow.
- When the guys cornered her, she screamed, "No!" as she heel-palmed the first guy.1995, Matt Thomas, Defend Yourself!: Every Woman's Guide to Safeguarding Her Life, →ISBN
- He brought his knee up into the male's groin and heel-palmed his face.2008, Iain M. Banks, The Player Of Games: A Culture Novel, →ISBN

I blocked a punch, blocked a kick, and answered with a heel-palm to the first man's throat.2014, Cheree Alsop, Small Town Superhero III, →ISBN:
He rocked back a little on his feet and tucked his chin so I heel-palmed him across the bridge of his nose with my left.2011, Richard Farnsworth, Gift of the Bouda, →ISBN:

Noun
plural	heel-palms
alternative form	heel palm
Verb
third-person singular present	heel-palms
present participle	heel-palming
past participle	heel-palmed
past	heel-palmed

What does heel-palm mean?: Heel-palm means a blow in which the heel of the palm strikes an opponent.
How do you use heel-palm in a sentence?: I blocked a punch, blocked a kick, and answered with a heel-palm to the first man's throat.
What part of speech is heel-palm?: Heel-palm can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of heel-palm?: The plural of heel-palm is heel-palms.

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