Meanings
nounair punch (plural air punches)
plural air punches · alternative air-punch
- A celebratory gesture in which the fist is directed upward.
I have been trying hard to shrug off my old-life competitiveness, but I admit to you that the first time I saw sparrows swooping around my one humble feeder, I did an air punch that would have befitted a winning contestant on MasterChef.
2022 January 8, Debora Robertson, “Why I’m letting go of London perfectionism for laid-back life in Languedoc”, in The Telegraph
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air punch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air%20punch
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