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PUNCH-UP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does punch-up mean?

• PUNCH-UP (noun)
The noun PUNCH-UP has 1 sense:

1. a fistfight

Familiarity information: PUNCH-UP used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PUNCH-UP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A fistfight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the quarrel ended in a punch-up

Hypernyms ("punch-up" is a kind of...):

fistfight; fisticuffs; slugfest (a fight with bare fists)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

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