punch
verb
[ pʌn(t)ʃ ]
• strike with the fist.
• "he punched her in the face and ran off"
Similar:
hit,
strike,
knock,
thump,
thwack,
jab,
cuff,
clip,
smash,
slam,
welt,
batter,
buffet,
thrash,
pound,
pummel,
rain blows on,
drub,
box someone's ears,
sock,
slug,
biff,
bop,
wallop,
clobber,
bash,
whack,
clout,
crown,
poke,
lick,
let someone have it,
lam,
whomp,
deck,
floor,
stick one on,
dot,
slosh,
boff,
bust,
whale,
dong,
quilt,
king-hit,
smite,
swinge,
• press (a button or key on a machine).
• "I punched the button to summon the lift"
• drive (cattle) by prodding them with a stick.
punch
noun
• a blow with the fist.
• "he reeled under the well-aimed punch"
Similar:
blow,
hit,
knock,
thump,
thwack,
box,
jab,
fist,
cuff,
clip,
smash,
slam,
welt,
straight,
uppercut,
hook,
body blow,
sock,
slug,
biff,
bop,
wallop,
bash,
whack,
clout,
poke,
lick,
belt,
boff,
bust,
whale,
dong,
king-hit,
stoush,
buffet,
plug,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘puncture, prod’): variant of pounce1.
punch
noun
• a device or machine for making holes in materials such as paper, leather, or metal.
• a tool or machine for impressing a design or stamping a die on a material.
punch
verb
• pierce a hole in (paper, leather, metal, etc.) with or as though with a punch.
• "she handed him her ticket, which he punched and returned with a grin"
Similar:
make a hole in,
put/punch holes in,
perforate,
puncture,
pierce,
prick,
hole,
riddle,
spike,
skewer,
spit,
stick,
pin,
needle,
pink,
transpierce,
Origin:
early 16th century: perhaps an abbreviation of puncheon1, or from the verb punch1.
punch
noun
• a drink made from wine or spirits mixed with water, fruit juices, spices, etc., and typically served hot.
• "we sat drinking our rum punch"
Origin:
mid 17th century: apparently from Sanskrit pañca ‘five, five kinds of’ (because the drink had five ingredients).
punch
noun
• a grotesque, hook-nosed humpbacked buffoon, the chief male character of the Punch and Judy puppet show. Punch is the English variant of a stock character derived ultimately from Italian commedia dell'arte.
• a draught horse of a short-legged thickset breed.
Origin:
mid 17th century (as a dialect term denoting a short, fat person): abbreviation of Punchinello.
