Definition/Meaning of punch

• English - Noun: punch (countable and uncountable, plural punches) (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist . 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 14 May 2020: 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. (countable,…
• English - Verb: punch (third-person singular simple present punches, present participle punching, simple past and past participle punched) (transitive) To strike with one's fist . If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose. (transitive) To herd ( cattle ) as a cowboy . 2002, Bob Knox, Growing Up to Cowboy: A Memoir of the American West (page 36) It was sure a good taste of punching cows and I even got paid!…
• English - Adjective: punch (comparative more punch, superlative most punch) (Northern England, Scotland, archaic, in later use) Short and thickset . 1723, A[ubry] De La Mottraye, “A Journey into Akerman-Ozakovian-Crim- and Noghaian-Tartaries, Circassia, &c.”, in A. De La Motraye’s Travels through Europe, Asia, and into Part of Africa; […], volume II, London: […] [F]or the Author, →OCLC, page 25: They are generally…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. 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…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /pʌnt͡ʃ/ , /pʌnʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌntʃ