Define Birthday Punches Meaning

The act of running up to someone (usually a friend), and punching them (traditionally on their shoulder) on their birthday. Sometimes, when a person has many friends, they will all come up and get many punches in before they stop. Sometimes you can leave a bruise mark on them or you might cause them to cry.

"The Birthday Punches" in Scotland, a birthday torment common in countries such as the UK, Ireland, Canada, and India, involves the friends and family of the person whose birthday it is taking him or her by the arms and legs, and "punching" him/her up into the air and down onto the floor. The number of "punches" given equals the age of the person in years plus one "for luck". These punches are transferable and are expired in one week from his/her birthday.

Punching or kicking someone to the amount fo years they have been alive