counterpuncher
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈkaʊntərˌpʌnʧər/
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contragolpeador
- Marquez is known as a counterpuncher who uses his opponent's aggression against them.
Examples
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As a counterpuncher, he waits for his opponent to attack before delivering a quick punch.
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And aggression plays right into the hands of a counterpuncher like Marquez or Floyd.
Blog text (28) -
Throw a lot of punches at a counterpuncher.
Blog text (16) -
And Johnston was a counterpuncher in any case, a master of the defensive.
Fiction book (1992) -
I think he's going to do what he does and try to be a counterpuncher and try to set traps and things of that nature.
Blog text (26) -
If they are an aggressive fighter, if they're a counterpuncher, if they run a lot, if they have really good power.
Blog text (26) -
They are strictly snipers and counterpunchers.
Blog text (7) -
He was the kind of evasive, willowy counterpuncher that solid hitters long to pummel.
Academic text (2000) -
JMM is one tough SOB and a great counterpuncher, but I hope JMM isn't going with the same game plan as the third because he'll lose again! He should try the game plan from the first bout, even though he was lucky to get a draw! But I can see him getting knocked down by Pacman again and losing again.
Blog text (4) -
...for his work with troubled youth, take on the challenger, Jose Pacifico Ruiz... - in a classic twelve-round confrontation... - Rolling in five, - between a counterpuncher and a brawler.
Synonyms
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4.3
A person who hits people with their fist, often in boxing
How Aggressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
counterpuncher = counterpunch (transparent) = counter + punch + er
The agentive -er attaches to the verb 'counterpunch' to form 'one who counterpunches', a direct and regular derivation.
Etymology
The word counterpuncher comes from counter meaning 'against' or 'in reply' and punch meaning 'a hit'. So a boxing counterpuncher waits for an opponent to attack and then hits back quickly.