punch synonyms

punch

n.

  1. A blow

    thrust, knock, stroke; see blow 1.

  2. An instrument for denting or perforating].

    Types of punches include: blacksmith's, cooper's, nail, leather, ticket, duplex, center, drift, belt, blanking, culling, forming, drawing, redrawing, bending, coining, embossing, extruding, curling, seeming, trimming, doming, tracer, grounder, planisher, perloir, beading;

punch

v.

  1. To hit

    strike, knock, thrust against; see hit 1.

  2. To perforate

    pierce, puncture, bore; see penetrate 1.

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