kidney punch

noun

, Boxing.

1. an illegal punch in the lower back.

Example Sentences

Grandma had thrown a kidney punch.

From Literature

“We’re not bleeding. We got a kidney punch, we got the wind knocked out of us, but we’ll get our wind back.”

From Seattle Times

There’s some pushback from players if you focus merely on the violence and ignore the grace, efficiency, precision, endurance and strategy that ultimately decides whether a team is elite in ways that an underwater kidney punch can’t.

From Los Angeles Times

It was an emotional kidney punch and I don’t know how or if I should forgive her.

From Slate

Some positions felt like a kidney punch.

From Slate