We’ve reviewed crosswords where “Punch” was used, and these answers reflect what solvers entered successfully. They’ve all been paired with the clue type you’re currently tackling.
Suggested Answers:
- HIT
- UPPERCUT
- SOCK
- SLUG
- BIFF
- STRIKE
- THUMP
- TAKEAPOPAT
- BLOW
- WHACK
- TANG
- JAB
Synonyms and Definitions
HIT
- Synonyms: arrive at, attain, bang, bump off, collide with, collision, come to, dispatch, gain, hitting, impinge on, make, murder, off, pip, polish off, rack up, reach, remove, run into, score, shoot, slay, smash, smasher, strike, striking, stumble, tally
SOCK
- Synonyms: air sock, air-sleeve, bash, bonk, bop, drogue, whap, whop, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock, windsock
SLUG
- Synonyms: biff, bullet, clout, idle, laze, lick, poke, slog, sluggard, stagnate, swig, type slug
BIFF
- Synonyms: pommel, pummel, slug
STRIKE
- Synonyms: affect, assume, chance on, chance upon, coin, come across, come upon, discover, excise, expunge, fall, fall upon, happen upon, hit, impress, light upon, mint, move, rap, scratch, shine, strickle, take, take up, tap, ten-strike, walk out, work stoppage
THUMP
- Synonyms: beat, clump, clunk, pound, thud, thumping
BLOW
- Synonyms: ball up, be adrift, black eye, blast, blow out, bluster, boast, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, brag, bumble, bump, bungle, burn out, c, coke, drift, fellate, float, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, gas, gasconade, go down on, gust, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, nose candy, puff, reversal, reverse, screw up, setback, shock, shoot a line, shove along, shove off, snow, spoil, squander, suck, swash, tout, vaunt, waste
- Definition: a strong hit with a weapon or the fist
WHACK
- Synonyms: belt, knock, wallop, wham, whang
TANG
- Synonyms: black rockweed, bladder fucus, bladderwrack, flavor, flavour, fucus serratus, fucus vesiculosus, nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, sea tang, sea tangle, serrated wrack, smack, tang dynasty, tanginess, zest
JAB
- Synonyms: dig, jabbing, poking, prod, stab, thrust, thrusting