bodyslam

English

Alternative forms

• body slam, body-slam

Etymology

body +‎ slam

Verb

bodyslam (third-person singular simple present bodyslams, present participle bodyslamming, simple past and past participle bodyslammed)

1. (wrestling and combat sports) To throw an opponent bodily on the floor, eg in wrestling or judo, sometimes also throwing one's own body on top of them
   • 2006, Brian Fritz with Christopher Murray, Between the Ropes: Wrestling's Greatest Triumphs and Failures, ECW Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 72:

     I had never taken a bodyslam much less a piledriver.

2. (figuratively) To deliver a devastating blow against an opponent
   • 2001 July 7, Richard Meek, “Young Tiger has growing up to do”, in Sun Herald, Biloxi, page C3:

     He is struggling with his swing, and undoubtedly that has bodyslammed his inner psyche.

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

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

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

     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.

Noun

bodyslam (plural bodyslams)

1. Such a throw
2. (figuratively) A devastating blow against an opponent.
   • 2002 May 9, Jim Cramer, “Last Man Standing a Hollow Victory for Cisco”, in The Street‎:

     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.