noun
Origin: ME < L punctura, a pricking < L pungere, to pierce: see point
transitive verb punctured, puncturing
intransitive verb
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See puncture in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb punc·tured, punc·tur·ing, punc·tures verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English, a pricking
Origin: , from Late Latin pūnctūra
Origin: , from pūnctus
Origin: , past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots
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