air punch

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  • air-punch

Noun

air punch (plural air punches)

  1. A celebratory gesture in which the fist is directed upward.
    • 2022 January 8, Debora Robertson, “Why I’m letting go of London perfectionism for laid-back life in Languedoc”, in The Telegraph:
      I have been trying hard to shrug off my old-life competitiveness, but I admit to you that the first time I saw sparrows swooping around my one humble feeder, I did an air punch that would have befitted a winning contestant on MasterChef.

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