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Definition of Punching - 5 dictionary results
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punch

1  [puhnch]
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–noun
1. a thrusting blow, esp. with the fist.
2. forcefulness, effectiveness, or pungency in content or appeal; power; zest: a letter to voters that needs more punch.
–verb (used with object)
3. to give a sharp thrust or blow to, esp. with the fist.
4. Western U.S. and Western Canada. to drive (cattle).
5. to poke or prod, as with a stick.
6. Informal. to deliver (lines in a play, a musical passage, or the like) with vigor.
7. to strike or hit in operating: to punch the typewriter keys.
8. to put into operation with or as if with a blow: to punch a time clock.
9. Baseball. to hit (the ball) with a short, chopping motion rather than with a full swing: He punched a soft liner just over third base for a base hit.
–verb (used without object)
10. to give a sharp blow to a person or thing, as with the fist: The boxer punches well.
—Verb phrases
11. punch away, Informal. to keep trying or working, esp. in difficult or discouraging circumstances; persevere: punching away at the same old job.
12. punch in,
a. to record one's time of arrival at work by punching a time clock.
b. to keyboard (information) into a computer: to punch in the inventory figures.
13. punch out,
a. to record one's time of departure from work by punching a time clock.
b. Slang. to beat up or knock out with the fists.
c. to extract (information) from a computer by the use of a keyboard: to punch out data on last week's sales.
d. to bail out; eject from an aircraft.
14. punch up,
a. to call up (information) on a computer by the use of a keyboard: to punch up a list of hotel reservations.
b. Informal. to enliven, as with fresh ideas or additional material: You'd better punch up that speech with a few jokes.
—Idioms
15. pull punches,
a. to lessen deliberately the force of one's blows.
b. Informal. to act with restraint or hold back the full force or implications of something: He wasn't going to pull any punches when he warned them of what they would be up against.
16. roll with the punches, Informal. to cope with and survive adversity: In the business world you quickly learn to roll with the punches.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME punchen (v.); appar. var. of pounce 1

Related forms:
puncher, noun

Synonyms:
3. strike, hit; drub, pummel.
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punch

2  [puhnch]
–noun
1. a tool or machine for perforating or stamping materials, driving nails, etc.
2. the solid upper die of a punch press, used with a hollow die to blank out shaped pieces of sheet metal or the like.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cut, stamp, pierce, perforate, form, or drive with a tool or machine that punches.
–verb (used without object)
4. to work at or on something with or as if with a mechanical punch.
Origin:
1495–1505; short for puncheon 2 , reinforced by punch 1

Related forms:
punch⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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punch 1   (pŭnch)   
n.  

  1. A tool for circular or other piercing: a leather punch.

  2. A tool for forcing a pin, bolt, or rivet in or out of a hole.

  3. A tool for stamping a design on a surface.

  4. A tool for making a countersink.

intr. & tr.v.   punched, punch·ing, punch·es
To use a punch or use a punch on.

[Middle English pounce, punche, from Old French poinçon, ponchon; see puncheon1. V., from Middle English pouncen, punchen, to prick, from Old French poinçoner, ponchoner, to emboss with a punch; see punch2.]
punch'er n.
punch 2   (pŭnch)   
tr.v.   punched, punch·ing, punch·es

  1. To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.

    1. To poke or prod with a stick.

    2. Western U.S. To herd (cattle).

  3. To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation: punched the "repeat" key; punched in the number on the computer.

  4. Baseball To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.

n.  

  1. A blow with the fist.

  2. Vigor or drive. See Synonyms at vigor.

  3. To check out formally at a job upon departure.

  4. To knock unconscious with a punch.

  5. Slang To eject from a military aircraft.

Phrasal Verb(s):
punch inTo check in formally at a job upon arrival.
punch out

  1. To check out formally at a job upon departure.

  2. To knock unconscious with a punch.

  3. Slang To eject from a military aircraft.


Idiom(s):
beat to the punchTo make the first decisive move: a marketing team that beat all the competitors to the punch.

[Middle English punchen, to thrust, prod, prick, from Old French poinçonner, ponchonner, to emboss with a punch, from poinçon, ponchon, pointed tool; see puncheon1.]
punch'less adj.
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Word Origin & History

punch  (v.)
"to drive (cattle, etc.) by poking and prodding," c.1382, from O.Fr. ponchonner "to punch, prick, stamp," from ponchon "pointed tool, piercing weapon" (see punch (n.1)). Meaning "to stab, puncture" is from c.1440. Specific meaning of "to hit with the fist" first recorded 1530, probably influenced by punish. To punch a ticket, etc., is c.1440, probably from a shortening of puncheon "pointed tool," from O.Fr. ponchon.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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