Punch - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pʌntʃ|  American pronunciation of the word punch
Brit.  |pʌn(t)ʃ|  British pronunciation of the word punch

noun

- (boxing) a blow with the fist (syn: biff, clout, lick, poke, slug)
- an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- a tool for making holes or indentations (syn: puncher)

verb

- deliver a quick blow to (syn: plug)
he punched me in the stomach
- drive forcibly as if by a punch
the nail punched through the wall
- make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation (syn: perforate)

Extra examples

He punched me in the face.

She punched him on the chin.

He quickly punched the buttons on his telephone.

She punched an opening through the dough with her finger.

The tool punches holes in paper.

I will have no one punching anyone else up in my hotel.

Make sure that all the nails are punched in so that the floor is smooth.

This school paper comes provided with holes already punched in it.

If you can't pull the nails out by their heads, punch them out from the other side of the board.

The railway official punched a hole out of my ticket.

He punched me and knocked my teeth out.

He punched Jack in the face.

The guard punched my ticket and I got on.

These bullets can punch a hole through 20 mm steel plate.

Just punch the button to select a track.

Phrasal verbs

punch in  — register one's arrival at work
punch out  — register one's departure from work

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: punch
he/she/it: punches
present participle: punching
past tense: punched
past participle: punched
noun
singular: punch
plural: punches
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