send to dorse

verb

To throw (a person) onto their back; to knock out.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbsend to dorse (third-person singular simple present sends to dorse, present participle sending to dorse, simple past and past participle sent to dorse)

present singular third person sends to dorse · participle present sending to dorse · participle past sent to dorse · past sent to dorse

  1. idiomaticobsoleteslangtransitiveTo throw (a person) onto their back; to knock out.

    a. 1823, Fancy Gazette, quoted in 1823, John Badcock, Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life Gas now planted his favourite hit under the left listener of his antagonist, which sent him to dorse.

Cite this entry
APA

send to dorse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20to%20dorse

MLA

“send to dorse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20to%20dorse. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “send to dorse,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20to%20dorse.

Source: send to dorse on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.