punch a clock

Variant of punch

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
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