sucker punch



sucker punch

An unexpected blow, as in They felt that suddenly raising the interest rate was a sucker punch to the administration. This expression comes from boxing, where it is used for a punch delivered unexpectedly; boxing great Jack Dempsey wrote, "The right lead [for a right-handed boxer] is called a sucker punch." [Slang; mid-1900s]
See also: punch, sucker

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hani-Arabic
Yuudaiyoo:-dah-eeJapanese
Jaya-Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi
RiikkaREE:K-kahFinnish
Jescha-Biblical
Vickers['vikəz]