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punching the air

punching the air is the present participle and gerund of punch the air.

Meaning of punch the air

Verb

punch the air (third-person singular simple present punches the air, present participle punching the air, simple past and past participle 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

Questions about punching the air

What is punching the air the present participle and gerund of?
Punching the air is the present participle and gerund of punch the air.

Words near punching the air in the dictionary

  1. punching down
  2. punching in
  3. punching out
  4. punching someone's lights out
  5. punching someone's ticket
  6. punching the air
  7. punching up
  8. punching upward
  9. punching upwards
  10. punchings
  11. punchins

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