counterpunch noun & verb. ['kaʊntǝpʌn(t)ʃ] L17.
[from COUNTER- 2 + PUNCH noun¹.]
A. noun.
1. A punch used to make a depression in the face of a typefounder's punch corresponding to an enclosed non-printing part of a letter. L17.

2. A boxer's counter; a punch or an attack given in return. M20.
b. verb.
1. verb trans. Form by means of a counterpunch. L17.

2. verb intrans. Of a boxer etc.: make a counterpunch or counterpunches. Chiefly as counterpunching verbal noun. M20.

■ counterpuncher noun a defensive boxer; a person who retaliates readily or well: M20.

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