Broderick
name, noun, verb, slang ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A thorough beating archaic, slang
"Ernest Woodruff pounded his fist onto his redwood desk. “Find him; give him the Broderick and then bring his battered body to me so I can lay eyes on that hatchet man’s mug before I bash it in!”"
- 1 To administer a beating to transitive
""I brodericked him when he was alive," Johnny would say, "but it is against my religion to do anything like that to the dead. [spit in corpse's eye]""
- 1 A surname from Welsh.
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname.
Example
More examples"Ernest Woodruff pounded his fist onto his redwood desk. “Find him; give him the Broderick and then bring his battered body to me so I can lay eyes on that hatchet man’s mug before I bash it in!”"
Etymology
Anglicized from Welsh ap + Rhydderch.
After Johnny Broderick, a New York City policeman well-known for his powerful punch.
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