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Punch
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- 1 Short and thickset. Northern-England, Scotland, archaic
"Taken away from two Grooms on Monday the 16th inſtant, in the great Road that leads to Epping from London in Epping-Foreſt, a little gray punch Stoned Horſe, hath all his paces, thorn mane, bob tailed, marked with I. S. on the near ſhoulder, about 14 hands."
- 1 A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show. British
- 2 A surname.
- 3 Any butterfly of genus Dodona.
- 1 A hit or strike with one's fist. countable
"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 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. countable
- 3 A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic. uncountable, usually
- 4 Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
- 5 A short fat person. archaic, regional
"Here I did make the workmen drink, and saw my coach cleaned and oyled; and, staying among poor people there in the alley, 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."
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- 6 Ellipsis of Suffolk Punch (“type of horse”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"‘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?’"
- 7 (boxing) a blow with the fist wordnet
- 8 A blow from something other than the fist. countable, rare
"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."
- 9 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.; A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material. countable
- 10 A butterfly of the genus Dodona.
- 11 a tool for making holes or indentations wordnet
- 12 Power, strength, energy. uncountable
"The tornado is finally losing its punch."
- 13 A hole or opening created with a punch. countable
- 14 an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl wordnet
- 15 Impact. uncountable
- 16 An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- 17 A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
- 1 To strike with one's fist. transitive
"If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose."
- 2 To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- 3 deliver a quick blow to wordnet
- 4 To herd. transitive
- 5 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."
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- 6 make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation wordnet
- 7 To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means. transitive
"As night watchman he was required to punch a watchman's clock; the stations were scattered all over the place."
- 8 drive forcibly as if by a punch wordnet
- 9 To enter (information) on a device or system. transitive
- 10 To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force. transitive
"He punched a hit into shallow left field."
- 11 To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2). transitive
"So I punched a hole in the roof, ah-ah, ah-ah Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you"
- 12 To thrust against; to poke.
"to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow"
- 13 Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, intransitive, slang
- 14 To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation. transitive
- 15 To emphasize; to give emphasis to. transitive
"Getting a little tired of you punching that word."
- 16 To light marijuana in a bong. Australia, New-Zealand, slang
"We're gonna punch a few cones."
Etymology
From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon). Compare also Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”).
From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon). Compare also Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”).
Shortened form of puncheon, from Middle English punchoun, from Old French ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”).
Shortened form of puncheon, from Middle English punchoun, from Old French ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”).
PIE word *pénkʷe From Hindi पाँच (pā̃c, “five”)/Urdu پانچ (pānc), because of the drink's original five ingredients (spirits, water, lemon juice, sugar, and spice), from Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca). Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.
From Punch.
Uncertain. Perhaps shortened from puncheon (compare German Punze, Punzen (“cask; short fat person or thing”)) or Punchinello.
Uncertain. Perhaps shortened from puncheon (compare German Punze, Punzen (“cask; short fat person or thing”)) or Punchinello.
Shortened from Punchinello.
Shortened from Punchinello.
Variant of Points.
See also for "punch"
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