punch

The definition of a punch is a device used for making holes or stamping, or a hard hit with the fist.

(noun)

  1. An example of a punch is a machine used for making holes in a belt.
  2. An example of a punch is someone hitting a wall hard enough to make a hole.

Punch is defined as to make a hole or stamp in something, or hit very hard with the fist.

(verb)

  1. An example of punch is using a tool shaped like a heart to cut hearts out of paper.
  2. An example of punch is a boxer hitting another boxer in the face.

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See punch in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

    1. a tool driven or pressed against a surface that is to be stamped, pierced, etc.
    2. a tool driven against a nail, bolt, etc. that is to be worked in, or against a pin that is to be worked out
  1. a device or machine for making holes, cuts, etc.: a paper punch
  2. the hole, cut, etc. made with a punch

Origin: prob. < var. of ponchon: see puncheon

transitive verb

  1. to pierce, shape, stamp, cut, etc. with a punch
  2. to make (a hole, cut, etc.) with or as with a punch

transitive verb

  1. to prod or poke with a stick
  2. ☆ to herd or drive (cattle)
  3. to strike with the fist
  4. to depress or push (a push button, a key on a keypad, etc.)

Origin: ME punchen, orig. var. of pouncen (see pounce): infl. by punch

noun

  1. a thrusting blow with the fist
  2. Informal effective force; vigor

noun

a sweetened drink made with fruit juices, carbonated beverages, sherbet, etc., often mixed with wine or liquor, and served in cups from a large bowl

Origin: Hindi pañca, five < Sans páñca (see five): it orig. consisted of five ingredients

noun

the male character of the puppet show Punch and Judy, a hook-nosed, humpbacked figure

Origin: contr. after Punchinello, earlier Polichinello, a character in a Neapolitan puppet play < It Pulcinella < VL *pullicinus < LL pullicenus, young chicken, dim. of L pullus: see poultry

See punch in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A tool for circular or other piercing: a leather punch.
  2. A tool for forcing a pin, bolt, or rivet in or out of a hole.
  3. A tool for stamping a design on a surface.
  4. A tool for making a countersink.
intr. & tr.v. punched, punch·ing, punch·es
To use a punch or use a punch on.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English pounce, punche

Origin: , from Old French poinçon, ponchon; see puncheon1

Origin: . V., from Middle English pouncen, punchen, to prick

Origin: , from Old French poinçoner, ponchoner, to emboss with a punch; see punch2

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Related Forms:

  • punchˈer noun

transitive verb punched, punch·ing, punch·es
  1. To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.
  2. a. To poke or prod with a stick.
    b. Western U.S. To herd (cattle).
  3. To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation: punched the “repeat” key; punched in the number on the computer.
  4. Baseball To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.
noun
  1. A blow with the fist.
  2. Vigor or drive. See Synonyms at vigor.
Phrasal Verbs: punch in To check in formally at a job upon arrival. punch out To check out formally at a job upon departure. To knock unconscious with a punch. Slang To eject from a military aircraft.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English punchen, to thrust, prod, prick

Origin: , from Old French poinçonner, ponchonner, to emboss with a punch

Origin: , from poinçon, ponchon, pointed tool; see puncheon1

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Related Forms:

  • punchˈless adjective

noun
A beverage of fruit juices and sometimes a soft drink or carbonated water, often spiced and mixed with a wine or liquor base.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from Hindi pañc, five

Origin: , from Sanskrit pañca (from its originally having been prepared from five ingredients); see penkwe in Indo-European roots

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noun
The quarrelsome hook-nosed husband of Judy in the comic puppet show Punch and Judy.

Origin:

Origin: Short for Punchinello

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