Punch /punch or punsh/

1. A hook-nosed hunchback, chief character in the puppet show Punch and Judy
2. The name of a humorous illustrated weekly magazine, first published in 1841

punch¹ /punch or punsh/

1. To strike with the fist (sometimes with out)
2. To thump (sometimes with out)
3. To prod
4. To poke
5. To drive (cattle; US and Aust)
6. To kick (also punce /puns/; dialect)
7. To stamp, pierce, perforate, indent, by a forward, downward, etc movement of a tool or part of a machine
8. To make, obtain or remove by such a movement (often with out)
9. To press in vigorously (a key or button), or the key or button of
10. To record by pressing a key
11. To play a low shot with a short follow-through (sport)

1. To perform an act of punching
2. To clock (in or out)

1. A vigorous blow, or attempted blow, with the fist
2. Striking power
3. Effective forcefulness
4. A tool or machine for punching
5. A die
6. A prop for a mine-roof
7. A low shot played with a short follow-through (sport)

punchˈer noun

1. Someone who punches
2. An instrument for punching
3. A cowpuncher or cattle drover (US)
4. The driver of a team (Aust)

punchˈy adjective

1. Vigorous, powerful
2. Punch-drunk (informal)

punchˈ-bag or (N American) punchˈing-bag noun

1. A large stuffed bag used for boxing practice
2. A person who is the target of another person's outbursts of anger (figurative)

punchˈ-ball noun

1. A suspended ball used for boxing practice
2. A game similar to baseball in which the ball is punched

punchˈboard noun

A cardboard frame divided into a number of compartments each concealing a slip of paper, some of which entitle the holder to a prize

punchˈ-card or punched card noun

A card with perforations representing data, formerly used in the operation of computers

punchˈ-drunk adjective

1. Having a form of cerebral concussion from past blows in boxing, with results resembling drunkenness
2. Dazed (informal short form punchˈy)

punched tape noun (computing)

Same as paper tape (see under paper)

punching-bag see punch-bag above.

punchˈline noun

1. The last line or conclusion of a joke, in which the point lies
2. The last part of a story, giving it meaning or an unexpected twist

punchˈ-prop noun (mining)

A short piece of wood used as a prop

punchˈ-up noun

A fight with fists

pull one's punches

1. To hold back one's blows
2. To be deliberately less hard-hitting in one's criticism than one might be

punch² /punch, punsh or (obsolete) pŭnsh/

A drink traditionally of spirits, water, sugar, lemon juice, and spice (but now with many variations)

punchˈbowl noun

1. A large bowl for making punch in
2. A large bowl-shaped hollow in the ground

punchˈ-ladle noun

A ladle for filling glasses from a punchbowl

punch³ /punch or punsh/

Short and thick

1. A thick-set short man (obsolete)
2. A short-legged draught horse, chestnut in colour, orig bred in Suffolk (also Suffolk punch)

punchˈy adjective

• stouth
• stouth and routh
• stout-hearted
• stout-heartedly
• stout-heartedness
• stoutherie
• stoutheries
• stouthrie
• stouthrief
• stouthriefs
• classicality
• classical Latin
• classically
• classical mechanics
• classicalness
• classicalnesses
• classical revival
• classic car
• classic cars
• classicise
• classicised
• classicises
• classicising
• classicism
• classicisms