dog shot

plural dog shots · alternative dog-shot

1. AustraliaNew ZealandslangA sudden blow, especially when delivered without warning; a king hit; (rugby) a deliberate and potentially illegal late tackle.

   Leilua will spend four weeks on the sideline after his late high tackle on Penrith fullback Dylan Edwards that has been widely hailed a “dog shot”.

   2020 July 7, Matt Logue, “NRL 2020: Emotional Joey Leilua to bounce back from ‘dog shot’”, in The Daily Telegraph

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   Sam Burgess was sensationally accused of a "dog shot" by Mitchell Pearce as the South Sydney and Newcastle top-four clash erupted into the Friday night fights.

   2019 June 7, Christian Nicolussi, “Friday night fights as Sam Burgess accused of 'dog shot' by Pearce”, in The Sydney Morning Herald

present singular third person dog shots · participle present dog shotting · participle past dog shotted · past dog shotted · alternative dog-shot

1. AustraliaNew ZealandambitransitiveslangTo deliver a dog shot to (someone); to hit (someone) suddenly and without warning; to king hit.

   “Players don’t deserve to be dog shot in the back when they’re not looking,” Johns said.

   2018 June 1, “NRL greats unite to slam 'dog shot' tackles on playmakers”, in The Guardian

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   "There were four separate spot-fights going on, [another staff member] got dog-shotted and then another security guard from the Criterion came over to help us too."

   2016 November 6, Eliza Wheeler, “NIGHTCLUB BRAWL: Staff say drugs were to blame”, in Fraser Coast Chronicle

   All four players were sent to the sin-bin before an angry Pearce was overhead telling referee Grant Atkins: "Sam Burgess has come in and dog-shotted from behind when nobody was looking. Our blokes are only trying to break it up. One of them [Burgess brothers] has to be sent off. If it's a headbutt they have to go, sir."

   2019 June 7, Christian Nicolussi, “Friday night fights as Sam Burgess accused of 'dog shot' by Pearce”, in The Sydney Morning Herald