PUNCH
\pˈʌnt͡ʃ], \pˈʌntʃ], \p_ˈʌ_n_tʃ]\
Definitions of PUNCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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drive forcibly as if by a punch; "the nail punched through the wall"
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a tool for making (usually circular) holes
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an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
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deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"
By Princeton University
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drive forcibly as if by a punch; "the nail punched through the wall"
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a tool for making (usually circular) holes
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an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
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deliver a punch to
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A punch for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, etc.
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A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating.
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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.
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The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.
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A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
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One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
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To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.
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A thrust or blow.
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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.
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An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
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A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
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To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.
By Oddity Software
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A for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, etc.
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A for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating.
By Noah Webster.
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A tool for making dents or holes; a drink made of rum, whisky, etc., combined with water, lemonjuice, and sugar; a blow or thrust, especially with the fist.
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To perforate or make holes in with a punch; to strike with the fist.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. An instrument for making a hole or indentation in some solid material or for driving out a foreign body inserted in a hole in such material. 2. an instrument for extracting the root of a tooth.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Contr. Of PUNCHINELLO.
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A beverage of five ingredients, spirit, water, sugar, lemon juice, and spice.
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To prick or pierce with something sharp: to perforate with a steel tool.
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A tool for stamping or perforating, a kind of awl.
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To strike or hit, esp. on the head.
By Daniel Lyons
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To thrust against.
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A drink of spirits and water, sweetened and flavored.
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A figure in a puppet-show; buffoon.
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A tool for stamping holes; a thrust.
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To perforate with a punch; thrust.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To thrust against.
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A beverage of Indian origin, consisting originally of five ingredients, spirit, water, sugar, lemon-juice, and spice; spirit diluted with water, sweetened with sugar, and flavoured with lemon juice; whisky diluted with hot water, and sweetened with sugar, called in Scotland toddy.
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An iron instrument for stamping or perforating holes.
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A blow or thrust.
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A thick-set horse; a short fat fellow.
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The chief character in a well-known puppet-exhibition; an English journal, with illustrations conceived in a humorous vein, conducted in satire, from a liberal Englishman's standpoint, of the follies and weaknesses of the leaders of public opinion and fashion in modern social life.
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To perforate with an iron instrument.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To make a hole or indentation in.
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Puncher.
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A tool or machine for perforating or indenting.
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A drink of wine or spirits, sweetened, flavored, and diluted with water.
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A blow, thrust, poke, or nudge.
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The mock - hero in a comic performance of puppets.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A tool of iron or steel for piercing holes by stamping out a piece.
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To perforate or pierce with a steel tool by stamping out a piece.
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A stroke or thrust with the fist or with the elbow.
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To strike or thrust with the fist or the elbow.
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A drink whose use and manufacture was originally obtained from India; a well-known beverage composed of spirit and water, sweetened with sugar, and flavoured with lemon-juice.
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A short thick fellow; a stage-puppet, of which punchinello seems to be a diminutive.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A surgical instrument used for extracting the stumps of teeth. See Lever. Also, an agreeable alcoholic drink, made of spirit, wine, sugar, lemon juice, and water. Milk is sometimes substituted in part for the water: it then forms Milk Punch.
By Robley Dunglison
