| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | hard hit, often with hand |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, blip, blow, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clout, crack, cuff, pat, percuss, poke, potch, punch, slam, smack, sock, spank, strike, swat, wallop, whack, wham |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure by striking |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
| Main Entry: | box |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punch competitively |
| Synonyms: | buffet, clout, cuff, duke, exchange blows, hit, mix, scrap, slap, slug, sock, spar, strike, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | buffet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit repeatedly |
| Synonyms: | bang, batter, beat, blow, box, bump, clobber, cuff, flail, jolt, knock, pound, pummel, push, rap, shove, slap, smack, spank, strike, thrash, thump, wallop |
| Main Entry: | bump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collide, hit, usually with sound |
| Synonyms: | bang, bounce, box, buck, bunt, butt, carom, clap, clatter, crack, crash, impinge, jar, jerk, jolt, jostle, jounce, knock, pat, plop, plunk, pound, punch, rap, rattle, shake, slam, slap, smack, smash into, strike, thud, thump, thunder, thwack, whack |
| Main Entry: | clap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | applaud; slap with approbation |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, approve, bang, cheer, give a big hand, give a hand, hear it for, pat, praise, slap, strike gently, thwack, whack |
| Main Entry: | clout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
| Synonyms: | blow, box, clip, clobber, cuff, rap, slap, smack, sock, strike, thump, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit very hard |
| Synonyms: | bash, buffet, clip, clout, cuff, slap, thump, thunder, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | cuff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat with hands |
| Synonyms: | bat, belt, biff, box, buffet, clap, clobber, clout, hit, knock, pummel, punch, slap, smack, spank, thump, whack |