rabbit punch

Related to rabbit punch: kidney punch

rabbit punch

slang Any quick punch that does not have much power behind it. The nimble little boxer kept outmaneuvering his hulking opponent, wearing him down with barrage after barrage of rabbit punches throughout the match.
See also: punch, rabbit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rabbit punch

n. a quick little punch. (Boxing and general slang.) She battered him with about forty rabbit punches on the arm. Boy, is he ever sore!
See also: punch, rabbit
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • be punch-drunk
  • land a punch
  • tomato can
  • punch up
  • take a punch at (someone or something)
  • sucker punch
  • pack a punch
  • pack a wallop/punch, to
  • Sunday punch
  • take a poke at somebody/something
References in periodicals archive
During the second half of a match featuring huge physical hits, Delport appeared to aim a hand at Dallaglio, who responded with what some are describing as "a bit of a rabbit punch".
His rabbit punch victory over Dean Swanson in the Multi Nations also left a bitter taste in the mouth.
STILL dazed, he stumbled from his corner to receive a rabbit punch from the Scottish School Board Association, who joined in the chorus of calls for his resignation.
But then, every man knows a rabbit punch is not as sore as a crabbit punch.
When Kessler caught Froch with a rabbit punch near the end of the seventh, Canadian referee Michael Griffin made no bid to admonish the Dane.
Former Bunny Girl Yvonne Robertson is hoping to pack a rabbit punch in the new Scottish parliament!
Ruiz hit the deck again after 50 seconds but this time he had been sent tumbling over the ropes by a rabbit punch to the back of his head.
I was once asked how you deliver a classic rabbit punch and answered that you must use two parts rabbit to one part vodka.
A GREEN bunny can dazzle a big rainbow trout - but it takes fly- tying and angling knowledge to land the rabbit punch!
Emmanuel Adebayor flailed away with slapping punches, Cesc Fabregas took on Frank Lampard, Emmanuel Eboue laid out Wayne Bridge with a rabbit punch to the back of the head.
"I soon learned in those games to keep moving to avoid a rabbit punch. It was 90 minutes of madness."
David Bowie-lookalike DC Riley was mincing round CID in a Glass Spider singing "Ashes To Ashes, dust to dust." Inspector Chandler, meanwhile, was in his office rolling around the floor, holding his goolies, a result of a rabbit punch by his bit-on-the- side, DC Kate Spears.
It was odd to see Ronaldo the culprit in the tackle but his clumsy attempt ended with a rabbit punch on Cocu.
Prop Sandy Carmichael had his cheekbone smashed, Fergus Slattery had two teeth loosened and was concussed, John Pullin was floored by a punch from behind and Gareth Edwards decked by a rabbit punch.
"I see a lot of rabbit punches behind the head, grappling, wrestling, illegal shots," Mayweather (below) said on a media conference call.