clotheslined
Struck across throat
Clotheslined describes being struck across the neck or upper chest by an outstretched arm, knocking you backward off your feet—as if you'd run into a taut clothesline at full speed.
The move is common in wrestling and football, often illegal in the latter: The defender clotheslined the receiver and drew a flag.
Figuratively, anything that stops you abruptly: I was clotheslined by the news.
Neck injury from jerking
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- knockdownBlow causing a fall
- felledCut down, as timber
- blowMove air forcefully
hit · strike · slam · jolt · force · trauma · concussion · injury
Surprise with unexpected force
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- interceptSeize en route
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
pounce · block · confrontation · capture · restrain · overpower · subdue · seize
whiplash
Neck injury from jerking
blow · hit · strike · slam · jolt · force · trauma · concussion · injury · smack
blindside
Surprise with unexpected force
surprise · pounce · block · confrontation · capture · restrain · overpower · subdue · seize · collision
lariat
Noosed catching rope
ropes · canvas · mat · turnbuckle · JBL · Bradshaw · stiff · devastating · signature · illegal
clothespins
Spring clips for laundry
towels · garments · fabric · backyard · flapping · hang · windy · breeze · sunshine · washday
clotheslinedcushioned
Made softer or gentler
cradled · padded · buffered · soft-landed · feathered
clotheslinedpassed through
Moved across completely
dodged · evaded · missed · sidestepped · ducked
- clothesline polePost supporting a drying cord