[puhnch] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 10. | to give a sharp blow to a person or thing, as with the fist: The boxer punches well. |
| 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,
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| 13. | punch out,
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| 14. | punch up,
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| 15. | pull punches,
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| 16. | roll with the punches, Informal. to cope with and survive adversity: In the business world you quickly learn to roll with the punches. |
[puhnch] | 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. |
| 3. | to cut, stamp, pierce, perforate, form, or drive with a tool or machine that punches. |
| 4. | to work at or on something with or as if with a mechanical punch. |
[puhnch] | 1. | a beverage consisting of wine or spirits mixed with fruit juice, soda, water, milk, or the like, and flavored with sugar, spices, etc. |
| 2. | a beverage of two or more fruit juices, sugar, and water, sometimes carbonated. |
[puhnch] | 1. | the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show. |
| 2. | pleased as Punch, highly pleased; delighted: They were pleased as Punch at having been asked to come along. |
| punch 1 (pŭnch) n.
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
punch inTo check in formally at a job upon arrival. punch out
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. |
| punch 3 (pŭnch) n. A beverage of fruit juices and sometimes a soft drink or carbonated water, often spiced and mixed with a wine or liquor base. [Perhaps from Hindi pañc, five, from Sanskrit pañca (from its originally having been prepared from five ingredients); see penkwe in Indo-European roots.] |
| Punch (pŭnch) n. The quarrelsome hook-nosed husband of Judy in the comic puppet show Punch and Judy. [Short for Punchinello.] |
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In addition to the idioms beginning with punch, also see beat to it (the punch); can't punch one's way out of a paper bag; pack a punch; pleased as punch; pull no punches; roll with the punches; sucker punch; throw a punch.