English Explanatory Dictionary

punch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hit or strike with one's fist.
  2. A blow from something other than the fist.
  3. Power, strength, energy.
  4. Impact.
verb
  1. To strike with one's fist.
  2. To herd.
  3. To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
  4. To enter (information) on a device or system.
  5. To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
  6. To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).
  7. To thrust against; to poke.
  8. Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.
  9. To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
  10. To emphasize; to give emphasis to.
  11. To light marijuana in a bong.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
  3. A hole or opening created with a punch.
  4. An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
  5. A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
verb
  1. To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
  2. To mark a ticket.
noun
  1. A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
noun
  1. Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
noun
  1. A short fat person.
adj
  1. Short and thickset.
name
  1. A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show.
  2. Any butterfly of genus Dodona.
  3. A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
  4. A former British satirical magazine, which took its name from the puppet.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of Suffolk Punch (“type of horse”).
  2. A butterfly of the genus Dodona.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/pʌnt͡ʃ/ /pʌnʃ/ en-us-punch.ogg

Word forms

punch punches punching punched punce pince more punch most punch

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”).

Synonyms

blow box knuckle sandwich bunch of fives oomph pep slug clock

Related words

puncheon slap pleased as Punch proud as Punch Punch and Judy

Derived words

1-2 punch air punch beat somebody to the punch beat to the punch button punch caddy ole punch card punch center punch chadless punch cobbler's punch counter-punch donkey-punch donkey punch gut punch hole punch cloud jumper punch kidney punch kidney-punch milk punch Murphy's punch one-two punch pack a punch phantom punch pinch and a punch for the first of the month planter's punch pleased as punch prick punch pull punches punch above punchball punch block punchboard punch bowl punch bowl waterfall punch buggy punch card punch clock punch dagger punch dialogue punch-down punch-down block punch-drunk punch drunk punch drunk syndrome punch fist punch front punch hole punch house punch it punch line punch list punch-out punch pocket punch press punchproof punch-up punch-up session punchworthy rabbit punch ratchet punch

Translations

Finnish: iskunappula German: Druckschalter German: Drucktaste Arabic: خَرَّامَة Bulgarian: пробой Bulgarian: замба Chinese Mandarin: 打孔器 Czech: důlčík Finnish: lävistin Finnish: rei’ittäjä Finnish: rei’itin Finnish: meisti French: poinçon French: pointeau Galician: tufo German: Lochzange German: Locher Hebrew: מַקָּב Icelandic: gatari Irish: pollaire Irish: pritil Italian: perforatrice Italian: punzonatrice Italian: perforatore Italian: bucatrice Japanese: 穴開け器 Japanese: パンチ Korean: 펀치 Māori: panihi Norwegian Bokmål: kjørner Polish: dziurkacz Portuguese: perfuradora Russian: ке́рнер Swahili: panchi Swedish: puns Swedish: körnare Swedish: hålslag Swedish: perforator Swedish: stans Ottoman Turkish: زنبه
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