punch meaning

• Verb: punch  púnch
  1. Deliver a quick blow to
     "he punched me in the stomach"
     - plug, dong [Austral, NZ] 
  2. Drive forcibly as if by a punch
     "the nail punched through the wall" 
  3. Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
     - perforate
  Noun: punch  púnch
  1. (boxing) a blow with the fist
     - clout, poke, lick, biff, slug, dong [Austral, NZ] 
  2. An iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl 
  3. A tool for making holes or indentations
     - puncher

  Derived forms: punches, punching, punched

  See also: puncher

  Type of: blow, hit, mixed drink, pierce, thrust, tool

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• 
  [Architecture]
  1.

  A small sharply pointed metal tool which is struck with a hammer and used for centering, marking, or starting holes.

  2.

  A steel driving tool with a sharpened edge, used to cut holes in sheet metal.

• 
  [Business]
  verb [+ obj]

  to make a hole in sth with a special tool or some other sharp object:

  to punch a time card

  The machine punches a row of holes in the metal sheet.

  PHRASAL VERBS

  punch in (AmE)

  = CLOCK

  punch out (AmE)

  = CLOCK

• 
  [Oil and gas]
  Puncher

• punch in:    Verb: punch inRegi ...
• aligning punch:    [Architecture]A pu ...
• beat to the punch:    [American slang]v. ...

Examples

1. he laid his opponent low with a single punch.
2. another punch makes his ear ring.
3. he decked him with his first punch.
4. there was not much punch in his remarks.
5. he's got a vocabulary and a punch.