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Punch

noun

(boxing) a blow with the fist. Synonyms: biff, clout, lick, poke, slug.

An iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl.

A tool for making holes or indentations. Synonym: puncher.

verb

(past & past part. punched; pres. part. punching)

Deliver a quick blow to. Synonym: plug.

Drive forcibly as if by a punch.

Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation. Synonym: perforate.

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"Punch" Quotes from Famous Books

... immaculate neatness of the room. It was certainly a woman's, and most likely that of an old maid. He sat up again, but his head throbbed so fearfully that he was compelled to lie down quickly. Shepard had certainly put a lot in that right hand punch of his and he had obtained a considerable percentage of revenge for his ...

— The Shades of the Wilderness • Joseph A. Altsheler

... second marriage and, as several of these married, she had at the end of her life a large number of grandchildren. Anyway, she was evidently a lady who thoroughly understood what children want at a children's party. She fully appreciated, that is, the value of bears, monkeys, crocodiles, and Punch as entertainers of the ...

— The Adventure of Living • John St. Loe Strachey

... of the work of Mr. Punch's newly-established Literary Ghost Bureau, which supplies appropriate Press contributions on any subject ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 28th, 1920 • Various

... wee yin! Try again, pipeshanks! Weel hit, Grocer! That had him, Wullie!—ye'll be a corporal afore yer auntie! Haw, Mac, that was a knock-oot, if it had struck! Cheer up, Private Thomson; gi'e him the kidney punch on his whuskers! Guid stroke. Grocer!—fair on his goods' entrance! We'll be payin' for to see ye in pictur' hooses yet—the Brithers Basher! Gor, this is better nor a funeral! Keep it ...

— Wee Macgreegor Enlists • J. J. Bell

... kind may be convincing for those who observe events in the German perspective, but it will be unable to withstand impartial historical criticism. Boxers expect a rebound when they "punch the ball," but none of them would be so foolish as to deny having delivered a blow when the rebound takes place. Yet that is the unscientific defence which Germany has adopted in her endeavours to explain away her aggressive attitude to Belgium, ...

— What Germany Thinks - The War as Germans see it • Thomas F. A. Smith

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