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What (who) is punch - definition
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Punched; Punches; Punch (disambiguation); Punching (disambiguation); Punch (film)
Punch
·noun A thrust or blow.
II. Punch ·noun A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
III. Punch ·noun The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.
IV. Punch ·noun A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
V. Punch ·noun An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
VI. Punch ·noun One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
VII. Punch ·noun To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.
IX. Punch ·noun 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.
X. Punch ·noun 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.
punch
I
n.
blow
1) to deliver, give, land, throw a punch
2) to pull ('soften') one's punches (also fig.)
3) to roll with a punch
4) a one-two; rabbit; solid; Sunday punch
5) a punch in, on, to (a punch in the face; a punch on the nose)
misc.
6) to pack a punch ('to be powerful'); to beat smb. to the punch
II
v. (D; tr.) to punch in, on (I punched him in/on the jaw)
III
n.
mixed drink usu. consisting of fruit juice, liquor, etc.
1) to make punch
2) to spike ('add alcohol to') the punch
3) to water down the punch
Punch
n. as pleased as Punch ('very pleased')
Wikipedia
Punch
Punch commonly refers to:
- Punch (combat), a strike made using the hand closed into a fist
- Punch (drink), a wide assortment of drinks, non-alcoholic or alcoholic, generally containing fruit or fruit juice
Punch may also refer to:
Examples of use of punch
1. She must not fail to punch her work card, nor must she punch in for another worker.
2. "That is a group that can take a punch and they can lay a punch," said Palmieri.
3. We must have the punch to defend ourselves." But if Musharraf is swept away, who will control the punch?
4. Alabama Public Television tape captured the punch.
5. I asked what had happened and the child said: ‘Craig, punch, punch, punch.‘ "I told Karen these kids have an awful life, but she just accuses me of interfering.