Punch and Swing

Punch

Punch noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.

Usage example: the poor palooka wasn't able to land a single punch on his opponent

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Swing and punch are semantically related in strike topic. In some cases you can use "Swing" instead a noun "Punch".

Nearby Words: punchy, punched, punching, puncher, punchline

Swing noun - Changing location by moving back and forth.

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Punch and swing are semantically related in strike topic. Sometimes you can use "Punch" instead a noun "Swing".

Nearby Words: swinging, swinger, swingle

old	old punch	old swing
good	good punch	good swing
full	full punch	full swing
normal	normal punch	normal swing
Other adjectives: mean, solid, free, single, wild, simple, heavy, powerful, hard, massive, charged, huge, little, quick, dramatic, final, next, basic, last, two-handed, well-timed.

girl	punch girl	swing girl
way	punch way	swing way
car	punch car	swing car
ball	punch ball	swing ball
Other words: fist, cat, camera, times, balls, enemies.

A sketch in Important Things with Demetri Martin has two people attempt to break out fighting due to road rage, but neither is sure how to go about it, so they just keep yelling at each other to delay having to actually throw a punch or swing a tire iron.

Source: Wimp Fight
Because it was a polearm, a good swing would allow the perpendicular blades to punch through armor.

Source: Blade on a Stick
Up to Eleven: Superman notes this explicitly◊ with his knockout punch to Thor, by holding Mjolnir mid-swing.

Source: Comic Book / JLA/Avengers

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