punch
verb /pʌntʃ/
/pʌntʃ/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they punch | /pʌntʃ/ /pʌntʃ/ |
| he / she / it punches | /ˈpʌntʃɪz/ /ˈpʌntʃɪz/ |
| past simple punched | /pʌntʃt/ /pʌntʃt/ |
| past participle punched | /pʌntʃt/ /pʌntʃt/ |
| -ing form punching | /ˈpʌntʃɪŋ/ /ˈpʌntʃɪŋ/ |
- to hit somebody/something hard with your fist (= closed hand)
- punch somebody/something He was kicked and punched as he lay on the ground.
- He was punching the air in triumph.
- punch somebody/something in/on something She punched him on the nose.
Extra Examples- I punched the pillow in frustration.
- His attacker had punched him hard in the face.
- She playfully punched him on the arm.
- He punched the other boy in the stomach.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- lightly
- playfully
- …
- in
- on
- kick and punch
- punch and kick
- to make a hole in something with a punch or some other sharp object
- punch something to punch a time card
- punch something in/through something The machine punches a row of holes in the metal sheet.
- punch something to press buttons or keys on a computer, phone, etc. in order to operate it
- I punched the button to summon the elevator.
Word Originverb sense 1 and verb sense 3 late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘puncture, prod’): variant of pounce. verb sense 2 early 16th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of puncheon, or from the verb punch ‘hit somebody/something hard’.
Idioms
punch above your weight
- to be or try to be more successful than others in doing something that normally requires more skill, experience, money, etc. than you have
- This player seems to be able to constantly punch above his weight.
- He punched above his weight as the party’s foreign affairs spokesman.
