Brush
Brush verb - To pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing.
Usage example: spiderwebs brushed her cheek as she walked through the basement
Punch
Punch verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
How words are described
| good | good brush | good punch |
| normal | normal brush | normal punch |
| single | single brush | single punch |
| brutal | brutal brush | brutal punch |
| Other adjectives: wild, massive, little, major, final, next, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- And Xander's crying and not talking, and I was having fruit punch and I was thinking that well, Joyce will never have fruit punch, ever, and she'll never have eggs, or yawn, or brush her hair, not ever, and no one will explain to me why.
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Invoked big time when melee is maxed out; Sebastian can literally punch the FACE off a Haunted and brush it off as no big deal.
Source: Video Game / The Evil Within
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