air punch

• air-punch

air punch (plural air punches)

1. A celebratory gesture in which the fist is directed upward.
   • 2022 January 8, Debora Robertson, “Why I’m letting go of London perfectionism for laid-back life in Languedoc”, in The Telegraph‎^[1]:

     I have been trying hard to shrug off my old-life competitiveness, but I admit to you that the first time I saw sparrows swooping around my one humble feeder, I did an air punch that would have befitted a winning contestant on MasterChef.

• punch the air

• fist pump