punch the air

verb

To do an air punch; to direct one's fist upward in joy or celebration.

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Meanings

verbpunch the air (third-person singular simple present punches the air, present participle punching the air, simple past and past participle punched the air)

present singular third person punches the air · participle present punching the air · participle past punched the air · past punched the air

  1. To do an air punch; to direct one's fist upward in joy or celebration.

    There’s plenty of that here, not to mention crying as you laugh and, on at least one occasion, defiantly punching the air as you laugh, when a payoff that has long been coming finally arrives.

    2022 December 23, Jack Seale, “Motherland Christmas special review – you’ll laugh, gasp in shock ... then punch the air”, in The Guardian
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APA

punch the air. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punch%20the%20air

MLA

“punch the air.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punch%20the%20air. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “punch the air,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punch%20the%20air.

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