punch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (boxing) a blow with the fist
    biff; clout; poke; lick; slug.
    • I gave him a clout on his nose
  2. noun an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
  3. noun a tool for making holes or indentations
    puncher.
  4. verb deliver a quick blow to
    plug.
    • he punched me in the stomach
  5. verb drive forcibly as if by a punch
    • the nail punched through the wall
  6. verb make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
    perforate.
    • perforate the sheets of paper

WordNet

Punch noun
Etymology
Hind. panch five, Skr. pacan. So called because composed of five ingredients, viz., sugar, arrack, spice, water, and lemon juice. See Five.
Definitions
  1. A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc. (b) a nonalcoholic beverage, usually composed of a mixture of fruit juices
Punch noun
Etymology
Abbrev, fr. punchinello.
Definitions
  1. The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.
Punch noun
Etymology
Prov. E. Cf. Punchy.
Definitions
  1. A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
    I . . . did hear them call their fat child punch, which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short. Pepys.
  2. One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
Punch transitive verb
Etymology
OE. punchen, perhaps the same word as E. punish: or cf. E. bunch.
Definitions
  1. To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.
Punch noun
Definitions
  1. A thrust or blow. Colloq.
Punch noun
Etymology
Abbrev. fr. puncheon.
Definitions
  1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.
  2. (Pile Driving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
  3. A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
Punch transitive verb
Etymology
From Punch, n., a tool; cf. F. poin&cced;onner.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Punched ; present participle & verbal noun Punching
Definitions
  1. To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.

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