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/pəntʃ prɛs/ Listen

noun

Punch n.

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.

(Pile Driving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.

A prop, as for the roof of a mine.

Bell punch. See under Bell.

Belt punch (Mach.), a punch, or punch pliers, for making holes for lacings in the ends of driving belts.

Punch press. See Punching machine, under Punch, v. i.

Punch pliers, pliers having a tubular, sharp-edged steel punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating leather, paper, and the like.

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Etymology of 'Punch press'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... is out in space, completely surrounded by a hard vacuum, any accident is very likely to be fatal. On Earth, if a man sticks his thumb in a punch press, he loses his thumb. Out here, if a man's thumb is crushed off while he's in space, he loses his air and his life long before he can bleed to death. Anything that disables a man in space is deadly ninety-nine ...

— Anchorite • Randall Garrett