Punch | Mean of punch in English Dictionary

/ˈpʌntʃ/

• Verb
• to hit (someone or something) hard with your fist
1. Stop punching your sister!
2. He punched my face/nose/mouth/arm.
3. He punched me in the face/nose/mouth/eye/belly.
4. She punched him on the chin/jaw/arm.
• to press or push (something) with a short, quick movement
1. He quickly punched the buttons on his telephone.
• to make (a hole, dent, etc.) by pressing or cutting in, into, or through something
1. She punched an opening through the dough with her finger.
2. The tool punches holes in paper.

• to make a hole in (something, such as a ticket) by using a special tool
1. The conductor punched my railway pass.
• to weaken or destroy (an idea, plan, belief, etc.) by proving that parts of it are wrong
1. Lawyers tried to punch holes in her argument.
• to place a card in a time clock at the beginning of a workday so that the time is recorded on the card
1. The crew punched in [=(chiefly Brit) clocked in] at 8:00.
• to enter (information, such as words or numbers) into a computer or other machine by pressing buttons or keys
1. She punched in her secret code.
• to place a card in a time clock at the end of a workday so that the time is recorded on the card
1. It's time to punch out.
• to hit (someone) repeatedly in order to cause pain or injury
1. He threatened to punch me out if I talked to his girlfriend again.
• to hit someone's face hard with your fist
1. It's a good thing he's not here, or I'd punch his lights out.
• to make (something) more lively, exciting, attractive, etc.
1. New owners punched up the newspaper with color photographs.
2. The steak was punched up with a pepper sauce.
• Noun
• a quick hit with your fist
1. throw/land a punch
2. kicks and punches
3. He gave me a punch in the nose. [=he punched me in the nose]
• energy or forcefulness
1. The team was well trained but lacked punch.
2. The last sentence in your essay needs more punch.
• to do or achieve something before someone else is able to
1. We were working on a new product but our competition beat us to the punch. [=our competition started selling a similar product before we did]
• to express criticism in a mild or kind way
1. When he has something bad to say about a movie, he doesn't pull his/any punches. [=he does not try to make his criticisms seem less harsh than they are]
2. The report pulls no punches in blaming the government for this crisis.
• a drink made usually by mixing different fruit juices and often flavored with wine or liquor
1. a fruit punch
2. They plan to serve punch at the party.
3. a bowl/glass of punch
• a tool or machine for cutting holes in paper, cardboard, leather, etc.
1. a paper punch
• a hole made by a cutting tool or machine
1. He got an extra punch on his discount card.