(n.) One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chris Matthews, the pugilistic MSNBC host, said: "Today, moderators are expected to be aggressive: they're going to ask a question, they throw it out there, they don't just say a topic.
(2) Nor did he think, probably, that he would then hear his fellow pugilist scream at him: "He glassed me!
(3) The former pugilist only won a technical knockout, but that's probably the way the Senate majority leader likes it.
(4) As pugilistic as Geithner could get with those who criticized his efforts at bailouts and financial reform, at least he was listening.
(5) There was definitely a pugilistic theme in the air yesterday, as Gordon Brown, accompanied by his wife Sarah got a healthy start to his day with a visit to the Innocent smoothie company headquarters near Shepherd's Bush in west London.
(6) The console pugilists are still on their feet in the ring, but one has its eye off the fight – guard down, unsteady.
(7) Appearing without a tie, and offering more pugilistic rhetoric than before, he said: "The Tory motto is not 'God helps people who help themselves', but 'God helps those whom he has already helped'."
(8) Ever since Lebedev – the billionaire owner of the Evening Standard and Independent – floored tycoon Sergei Polonsky, speculation has swirled: where did Lebedev learn his pugilistic skills?
(9) As the pugilists walked to their corners for the closing bell, Adam Booth, Haye's trainer, was surely informing him to move up a level.
(10) Therefore, elevations of NO and stimulation of the NO-MNP may occur due to sudden, local, alterations of blood pressure during pugilistic activities and play a role in the symptoms of pugilistic Alzheimer's disease.
(11) But it certainly feels in the past year to have taken on a more, shall we say, pugilistic tone.
(12) This proposal is based on the association between environmental factors and certain neurodegenerative diseases (eg, methylphenyltetra-hydropyridine and parkinsonism, poliovirus infection and post-poliomyelitis syndrome, chickling pea ingestion and lathyrism, an unidentified environmental factor and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-PD complex of Guam, and trauma and pugilist's encephalopathy) and on the long latent period between exposure to environmental factor and the appearance of symptoms in some of these disorders.
(13) Parallels with pugilistic encephalopathy are discussed.
(14) Leicester may have taken on a less pugilistic outlook since Claudio Ranieri replaced Nigel Pearson but their new signing is a fan of the sport and tells of a friendship that developed between him and the 1980 Olympic light-welterweight gold medallist, Patrizio Oliva.
(15) However, in a defiant statement a few hours later the former paratrooper was back on characteristically provocative and pugilistic form.
(16) The early exchanges augured a long night as two pugilistic power-baseliners went blow for blow.
(17) In a prospective investigation of neurobehavioral functioning in young boxers, 13 pugilists and 13 matched control subjects underwent tests of attention, information-processing rate, memory, and visuomotor coordination and speed.
(18) Such behaviour would contrast sharply with yesterday's pugilistic media posturing (with more than a hint of racism) about that "woman from Brazil" and her "disgrace" of a statement.
(19) Abbott needs to break decisively out of the pugilistic mindset and develop some genuine collegiality.
(20) Tony Gallagher's pugilistic Daily Telegraph , which for all its Conservative leanings seems at its happiest taking on the Tories, opened up a fresh front, examining the expenses claims of Miller and then revealing that her special adviser – and then No 10's spin doctor in chief – had pressured Gallagher in person to drop the Miller story because the timing was unhelpful in the context of Leveson implementation.
Slugger
Definition:
(n.) One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter.
Example Sentences:
(1) A two run home run for the Rays slugger, and, kapow, Price has a three run lead.
(2) Manager Mike Scioscia may have one-time slugger Josh Hamilton back in time for the postseason, should he heal from rib inflammation ( if they even need him ); same goes for starting pitcher Matt Shoemaker, who has carried the team down the stretch and is recovering from a mild left rib-cage strain , not to mention his rookie hazing role as a Saudi oil tycoon.
(3) The Red Sox were led by powerful performances from starting pitcher Jon Lester and slugger David Ortiz and will head back to Boston for the last two games with a 3-2 series lead.
(4) Triple Crown winner Cabrera is due $44 million over the final two years of his current $152.3 million, eight-year contract that runs through 2015, and sources say the slugger will make $248 million over eight seasons in the new deal.
(5) Union head Michael Weiner said the punishment for the slugger was "way out of line."
(6) First off, Tulo leads the NL in an array of statistics – batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs scored, offensive WAR, trailing the Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton by two home runs with 18.
(7) 1.45am BST Rays 1 - Rangers 0, bottom of 2nd Beltre knocks a leadoff double into the corner, but the slugger, nursing a sore hamstring, one which he aggravated yesterday, looks terrible on the bases.
(8) TBS got right to it with Nelson Cruz, being granted an interview with the slugger on the condition that they do not bring up his PED suspension.
(9) ESPN cited two sources in first reporting the result, saying the Milwaukee Brewers slugger tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone, adding that a later test by the World Anti-Doping Agency lab in Montreal determined the testosterone was synthetic.
(10) Ultimately, it came down to an appreciation by the judges of contrasting yet wholly complementary skills that meshed to the delight of the screaming crowd of 20,000 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena: a rumble-forward quality slugger against the master of the counter.
(11) The former slugger hits it to....drum roll please, Neal Walker at second base.
(12) Instead of two on and two out, the Red Sox found themselves with the bases loaded and slugger Mike Napoli, who has been here before, coming to the plate.
(13) Alex Rodriguez just surpassed Willie Mays for sole possession of 4th place on baseball’s all-time home runs list.” The slugger pumped his fist as he rounded first base, and fans gave Rodriguez a standing ovation as he was greeted warmly in the dugout by his team-mates.
(14) An American friend has already sent me a few suggestions regarding the places I might visit, including whiskey distilleries , Lower Broadway in Nashville , Graceland , the John Dillinger museum , the home of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat , demolition derbies , some other things.
(15) The Tigers appear to have been undeterred by recent big money, long-term contracts for ageing sluggers, such as Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton and Alex Rodriguez, which already look like very bad investments.
(16) The Yankees' slugger was initially suspended along with 12 other players in August for his part in the Biogenesis scandal , in which MLB players were accused of involvement with performance enhancing drugs allegedly supplied by the now defunct South Florida anti-aging clinic.
(17) The New York Yankee has launched a lawsuit asking a federal judge to throw out an arbitrator's decision to suspend the slugger for the whole of the 2014 season over his alleged use of performance enhancing drugs.
(18) The New York Yankees slugger announced the news at a press conference on Sunday morning, bringing an end to a 22-season career in which he recorded 696 home runs ( fourth all-time ), 2,084 RBIs and a batting average of .295.
(19) The New York Yankee slugger was banned for 211 games last August but appealed and kept playing until the end of the season.
(20) The club and the league have both repeatedly denied allegations that they are aiming to end the slugger's career.