counter-punch

From counter- +‎ punch.

counter-punch (plural counter-punches)

1. Alternative form of counterpunch
   • 2020 September 5, Phil McNulty, “Iceland 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Iceland were defiant, as they always are, rigid in defence and lacking in attacking ambition, willing to simply keep England at arm's length and maybe land a counter-punch.