Home › Words › O › outpunchoutpunchoutpunch means to punch harder or better than.EtymologyFrom out- + punch.verbTo punch harder or better than.e.g.“But Payton, with so many available choices on the N.F.L.’s No. 1 offense, seemed to be trying to outthink the Eagles instead of outpunch them.” — 2007 January 15, Jer㉠Longman, “For McAllister, Long Wait to Taste a Playoff Win”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.repunch 72% match — To punch again. vs outpunch →outpush 71% match — To surpass in pushing; to push harder or longer than. vs outpunch →overpunch 70% match — To punch (some value or pattern) over an existing pattern on paper tape. vs outpunch →outpuff 68% match — To puff harder or better than; to outblow. vs outpunch →counterpunch 66% match — A punch delivered in response to a previous punch by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match: a return blow, a retaliatory blow. vs outpunch →puncher 66% match — A person who punches (in a specified manner). vs outpunch →outfight 65% match — To fight or battle better than. vs outpunch →outbrawl 65% match — To surpass in brawling. vs outpunch →