punch

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A hit or strike with one's fist.

   • Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
2. 2

   A blow from something other than the fist.

   • For in Tashbaan there is only one traffic regulation, which is that everyone who is less important has to get out of the way for everyone who is more important; unless you want a cut from a whip or a punch from the butt end of a spear.
3. 3

   Power, strength, energy.

   • The tornado is finally losing its punch.
   • Nixon inadvertently took most of the punch out of the Red Scare by trekking to Peking and Moscow.
   • The theorizing often lacks punch and tightness, and that is because Kleinberg is unresolved about how to think about the facts, unsure which are the relevant facts, unsure that thinking itself will be liberating for him.
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   1. 4

      Impact.

   2. 5

      To strike with one's fist.

      • If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.
   3. 6

      To herd.

   4. 7

      To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar…

      To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.

      • As night watchman he was required to punch a watchman's clock; the stations were scattered all over the place.
      • The patrol clock and punch key system made sure that crewmen completed their patrols. At the far end of his patrol, he used a key to punch his clock and start the return trip.
   5. 8

      To enter (information) on a device or system.

   6. 9

      To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.

      • He punched a hit into shallow left field.
   7. 10

      To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under…

      To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).

      • So I punched a hole in the roof, ah-ah, ah-ah Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you
   8. 11

      To thrust against

      To thrust against; to poke.

      • to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow
   9. 12

      Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than…

      Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.

   10. 13

       To perform pigeage

       To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.

   11. 14

       To emphasize

       To emphasize; to give emphasis to.

       • Getting a little tired of you punching that word.
   12. 15

       To light marijuana in a bong.

       • We're gonna punch a few cones.
   13. 16

       A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for…

       A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.

   14. 17

       A hole or opening created with a punch.

   15. 18

       An extension piece applied to the top of a pile

       An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.

   16. 19

       A prop, as for the roof of a mine.

   17. 20

       To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.

   18. 21

       To mark a ticket.

       • The guard performs athletic feats in jumping from coach to coach while the train is in motion, taking orders for tickets, punching them on a bell punch in his van, and then returning to distribute them to passengers.
   19. 22

       A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often…

       A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.

   20. 23

       Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.

   21. 24

       A short fat person.

       • The company at the maſquerade on May 13, at the Pantheon, was not ſo numerous as uſual. However, there were ſome very good dreſſes, and the characters well ſupported; in particular a punch, who afforded great entertainment.
       • He rides a low poney when on parade and his dress being of the fassion some forty years ago, he has a drole appearance. He has acquired the cognomen of “Punch on a Pig.”
   22. 25

       Short and thickset.

   23. 26

       A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show.

   24. 27

       Any butterfly of genus Dodona.

   25. 28

       A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.

   26. 29

       A former British satirical magazine, which took its name from the puppet.

       • Any study of the railway scene around 1850 should not neglect the files of Punch. Mr. Punch was full of prejudices, it is true, but he frequently reflected (more or less fairly) the feelings of a great many people about the railways.
   27. 30

       Ellipsis of Suffolk Punch (“type of horse”).

       • ‘And the Punches,’ said William. ‘There’s cattle! A Suffolk Punch, when he’s a good un, is worth his weight in gold. Did you ever breed any Suffolk Punches yourself, sir?’
   28. 31

       A butterfly of the genus Dodona.

   29. 32

       A surname.

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