ドアパンチ

noun

door ding; hitting another car with one's car door

Colloquial wasei-eigo term for accidentally hitting an adjacent parked car when opening one's own car door. Often used in the context of parking lot etiquette or minor car damage.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from door punch

• 駐ちゅう車しゃ場じょうでドアパンチをしてしまった。

  I accidentally dinged the car next to me with my door in the parking lot.

• ドアパンチの傷きずがついてしまった。

  I got a scratch from a door ding.