bodyslam

present singular third person bodyslams · participle present bodyslamming · participle past bodyslammed · past bodyslammed · alternative body slam · alternative body-slam

1. wrestling and combat sportsTo 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. figurativelyTo deliver a devastating blow against an opponent

   The recession is bodyslamming Corporate America in a new and troubling way.

   2002 February 4, “A Big Crimp in Cash Flow”, in BusinessWeek, →ISSN

   2 more examples

   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

   By bodyslamming its new Rob Lowe courtroom drama, "The Lyon's Den," against ABC's surprisingly resurgent courtroom drama, "The Practice," NBC hastened the swift demise of its best fall entry.

   2003 November 22, “NBC executive plays coy about ending hits”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, →ISSN

plural bodyslams · alternative body slam · alternative body-slam

1. Such a throw
2. figurativelyA devastating blow against an opponent.

   Just a simple bodyslam of everyone else in the sector. Which is why I am glad I never sold my Cisco. But it is also why I am not buying more.

   2002 May 9, Jim Cramer, “Last Man Standing a Hollow Victory for Cisco”, in The Street