punching
Hitting with fists
Punching is the act of striking with a closed fist.
The word often appears in compounds: a punching bag, punching above your weight.
To be punching above or below your weight is to date or compete with someone perceived as more or less attractive or capable than you: He's definitely punching above his weight with her.
Quick, straight blow
- hookCurved catching device
- uppercutAscending boxing strike
- crossPass from side to side
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
sparring · gloves · heavyweight · featherweight · bout · rounds · counterpunch · footwork
Forceful foot motion
- blankingErasing or forgetting
- coiningCreating new terminology
- embossingRaising designs from surfaces
- shearingCutting away fleece
piercing · tooling · press · slug · sheet metal · fabrication · hydraulic · turret
Japanese unarmed combat discipline
- taekwondoKorean striking martial art
- kickboxingMartial art combining punches, leg strikes
- kungfuChinese martial art
- dojoMartial arts school
sensei · kumite · kata · strikes · blocks · stances · forms · drills
Shallow surface depression
- holeAbsence in matter
- perforationHole punched through something
- punctureHole from penetration
- indentationInward cut or setback
crater · damage · breakage · fracture · penetration · gouge · impression · mark
Intense hostile emotion
- rageIntense, violent anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- violenceHarmful physical force
temper · wrath · fighting · brawling · assault · attack · retaliation · provocation
Rate of musical performance
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- timingArt of choosing moments
- pulseArterial blood throb
staccato · accent · pattern · repetition · syncopation · percussive · driving · relentless
jab
Quick, straight blow
knockout · sparring · gloves · heavyweight · featherweight · bout · rounds · counterpunch · footwork · bobbing
stamping
Forceful foot motion
shearing · piercing · tooling · press · slug · sheet metal · fabrication · hydraulic · turret · nibbling
karate
Japanese unarmed combat discipline
- taekwondoKorean striking martial art
- kickboxingMartial art combining punches, leg strikes
- kungfuChinese martial art
dojo · sensei · kumite · kata · strikes · blocks · stances · forms · drills · sparring
dent
Shallow surface depression
- holeAbsence in matter
- perforationHole punched through something
- punctureHole from penetration
indentation · crater · damage · breakage · fracture · penetration · gouge · impression · mark · bruise
anger
Intense hostile emotion
violence · temper · wrath · fighting · brawling · assault · attack · retaliation · provocation · outburst
tempo
Rate of musical performance
pulse · staccato · accent · pattern · repetition · syncopation · percussive · driving · relentless · steady
timeclock
Logs employee hours
attendance · employee · hourly · workplace · punchout
- action filmschase scene, car chase, explosion, stunt, shootout
- combat sportsboxing, wrestling, MMA, judo, karate
- exertioneffort, straining, strain, heaving, labor
- paper craftsorigami, paper folding, paper cutting, kirigami, quilling
- bodily harmhurt, injure, wound, harm, injuries
- combat skillsgrappling, striking, blocking, parrying, dodging
- punching bagSuspended striking target
- punching downMocking those beneath you
- punching outMarking shift's end
- punching inRegistering work arrival
- punching above one's weightOutperforming despite disadvantage
- sucker punchingUnexpected blow to unaware target