Usually means: Strike back after opponent's attack.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word counterpunch:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. counterpunch: Merriam-Webster
  2. counterpunch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. counterpunch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. counterpunch: Collins English Dictionary
  5. counterpunch: Vocabulary.com
  6. Counterpunch, counterpunch: Wordnik
  7. counterpunch: Wiktionary
  8. counterpunch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. counterpunch: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. counterpunch: Dictionary.com
  11. CounterPunch (film), CounterPunch, Counterpunch (boxing), Counterpunch (typography), Counterpunch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. counterpunch: Rhymezone
  13. counterpunch: FreeDictionary.org
  14. counterpunch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. counterpunch: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. counterpunch: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. counterpunch: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See counterpuncher as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (counterpunch)

noun:  A punch delivered in response to a previous punch by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match.
noun:  (printing, historical) A punch used in the cutting of other punches, often used to create the negative space in or around a glyph.
verb:  (boxing) To deliver a punch designed to exploit an opponent's momentary defensive weakness caused by a punch thrown by the opponent.
verb:  To deliver a competitive response to an opponent designed to exploit a weakness created by the opponent's offensive efforts.

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