outpunch

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verb

To punch harder or better than.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

verboutpunch (third-person singular simple present outpunches, present participle outpunching, simple past and past participle outpunched)

present singular third person outpunches · participle present outpunching · participle past outpunched · past outpunched

  1. transitiveTo punch harder or better than.

    But Payton, with so many available choices on the N.F.L.’s No. 1 offense, seemed to be trying to outthink the Eagles instead of outpunch them.

    2007 January 15, Jer㉠Longman, “For McAllister, Long Wait to Taste a Playoff Win”, in New York Times

Origin

From out- + punch.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

punchout
Cite this entry
APA

outpunch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpunch

MLA

“outpunch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpunch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outpunch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpunch.

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