Anagrams of: COUNTERPUNCHING

• a return punch (especially by a boxer)

• To punch harder or better than.

• needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle

• creating a garment of needlework

• the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

• bend one's back forward from the waist on down

• sit on one's heels

• the sound of something crunching

• a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)

• the act of crushing

• make a crushing noise

• press or grind with a crushing noise

• crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• an upholstered seat for more than one person

• a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

• a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment

• formulate in a particular style or language

• (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication