king hit

Noun

 * 1)  A blow intended to incapacitate in one hit, often delivered without warning.
 * 2) * 2001, Robert Manne, Exclusionary Nationalism, Peter Craven, The Best Australian Essays 2001, |hits|hitting%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mN6UT7LGL--ViQfWl7iDBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22king%20hit|hits|hitting%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 60,
 * Yet still, in the cultural area, at this time it had not yet delivered the populist king hit.

Verb

 * 1)  To attack a victim and knock them unconscious with a single punch.
 * 2) * 2003 March 19-30, Cameron Stewart, The Lion King - The Lethal Touch, in The Australian Magazine, republished in Garrie Hutchinson (editor), The Best Australian Sports Writing 2003, |hits|hitting%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cTiVT4-6CKzEmQXC3PjVAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false unnumbered page,
 * His most notorious transgression – and his greatest regret – was the day in 1985 when he king-hit Geelong player Neville Bruns, breaking his jaw.
 * 1) * 2007August 11, Passengers say dead man (was) ‘king hit’ in fight over $20, Sydney Morning Herald,
 * Passengers leaving P&O's Pacific Sun yesterday told how a man who died on board the ship had been king hit following an alcohol-fuelled fight with another man over $20.
 * Passengers leaving P&O's Pacific Sun yesterday told how a man who died on board the ship had been king hit following an alcohol-fuelled fight with another man over $20.