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punch
Synonyms and Antonyms of punch
- the real punch of the speech came in its closing lines
- we're going to need a candidate with real punch if voters are ever going to get excited about this election
animal spirits, animation, briskness, jauntiness, liveliness, snappiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunk, spunkiness, vibrance, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity
ardor, élan, fervor, fire, passion, zeal
main, metal, mettle, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, stamina, strength
brawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, sturdiness, virility
- the poor palooka wasn't able to land a single punch on his opponent
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)
counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke
body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut
cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO
bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing
punch
Synonyms and Antonyms of punch
- old computers used to get information by reading the punches on a series of cards
punch
Synonyms and Antonyms of punch
- after the man had punched the bartender for eighty-sixing him, bouncers stepped in and restrained him until the police could arrive
batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough
bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp
bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level
cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip
- punch a ticket
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