Y14a
To hit somebody hard with the fist: “I was so mad I wanted to _________ him.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| PUNCH | 10 |
| CLOBBER | 5 |
| HAUL OFF AND CLOBBER | 4 |
| SLUG | 4 |
| SMACK | 2 |
| SOCK | 2 |
| BASH | 1 |
| BELT | 1 |
| BUST | 1 |
| CLOUT | 1 |
| NAIL | 1 |
| POUND | 1 |
| PUMMEL | 1 |
| SLAM | 1 |
| WHACK | 1 |
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