English to English
punch

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noun (n)
- an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl(noun.food)source: wordnet30
- A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc.(noun)source: webster1913
- The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.(noun)source: webster1913
- A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.(noun)source: webster1913
- A thrust or blow.(noun)source: webster1913
- A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- deliver a quick blow to(verb.contact)Example:
He punched me in the stomach.
source: wordnet30 - drive forcibly as if by a punch(verb.contact)Example:
The nail punched through the wall.
source: wordnet30 - make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.(verb)source: webster1913
- To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.(verb)source: webster1913