punch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a blow with the fist

   The boxer got a punch in the nose.

2. 2
   noun

   a tool for making holes or indentations

   I used a punch to make a new hole in my belt.

3. 3
   noun

   an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings

   I drank some mystery punch at a party and got sick.

4. 4
   verb

   to deliver a quick blow to

   They punched me in the stomach.

5. 5
   verb

   to make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation

   I punched a hole in the wall to run wires through.

6. 6
   verb

   to drive forcibly as if by a punch

   The nail punched through the wall.

7. 7
   noun

   A hit or strike with one's fist.

   Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.

8. 8
   noun

   A blow from something other than the fist.

   For in Tashbaan there is only one traffic regulation, which is that everyone who is less important has to get out of the way for everyone who is more important; unless you want a cut from a whip or a punch from the butt end of a spear.

Etymology

From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon). Compare also Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”).