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punch

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Synonyms: bunch, pinch, munch, hunch, paunch, runch, wunch, lunch, gunch, purch, cunch

Antonyms: bunch, pinch, munch, hunch, paunch, runch, wunch, lunch, gunch, purch, cunch

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Noun

  1. A hit or strike with one's fist.
  2. A blow from something other than the fist.
  3. Power, strength, energy.
    • The tornado is finally losing its punch.
  4. Impact.

Verb

  1. To strike with one's fist.
    • If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.
  2. To herd (cattle) as a cowboy.
  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.
    • He punched a hit into shallow left field.
  6. To make holes in something .
  7. To thrust against; to poke.
    • to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow
  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.
    • Getting a little tired of you punching that word.
  11. To light marijuana in a bong.
    • We're gonna punch a few cones.

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. A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
  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.

Adjective

  1. Short and thickset.

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