punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /pʌnʃ/
rhymes: -ʌntʃ
Forms: form: punches
Etymology: 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 Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”).
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A hit or strike with one's fist.
examples: text: For in Tashbaan there is only one traffic regulation, which is that everyone who is less important has to get out of the way for everyone who is more important; unless you want a cut from a whip or a punch from the butt end of a spear.
ref: 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy:
glosses: A blow from something other than the fist.
examples: text: The tornado is finally losing its punch.
text: Nixon inadvertently took most of the punch out of the Red Scare by trekking to Peking and Moscow.
ref: 1978 April 22, Harry Seng, “Gore Vidal: Adjutant to the Gay Camp”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
text: The theorizing often lacks punch and tightness, and that is because Kleinberg is unresolved about how to think about the facts, unsure which are the relevant facts, unsure that thinking itself will be liberating for him.
ref: 1981 August 22, Martin Krieger, “Always on the Outside of Whatever Side There Was”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 6, page 9:
coordinate_terms: sting
glosses: Power, strength, energy.
glosses: Impact.
Synonyms: sense: strike with the fist
word: blow
sense: strike with the fist
word: box
sense: strike with the fist
word: knuckle sandwich
sense: strike with the fist
word: bunch of fives
sense: power, strength
word: oomph
sense: power, strength
word: pep
Hyponyms: sense: strike with the fist
word: jab
sense: strike with the fist
word: hook
sense: strike with the fist
word: king hit
sense: strike with the fist
word: uppercut
sense: strike with the fist
word: pounding
Derived terms: 1-2 punch
air punch
beat somebody to the punch
beat to the punch
bell punch
button punch
caddy ole punch
card punch
center punch
chadless punch
cobbler's punch
counter-punch
donkey punch
donkey-punch
gut punch
hole punch cloud
jumper punch
kidney punch
kidney-punch
milk punch
Murphy's punch
one-two punch
pack a punch
phantom punch
pinch and a punch for the first of the month
planter's punch
pleased as punch
prick punch
pull punches
punch above
punch block
punch bowl
punch bowl waterfall
punch buggy
punch card
punch clock
punch dagger
punch dialogue
punch-down
punch-down block
punch drunk
punch-drunk
punch drunk syndrome
punch fist
punch front
punch hole
punch house
punch it
punch line
punch list
punch-out
punch pocket
punch press
punch-up
punch-up session
rabbit punch
ratchet punch
roll with the punches
Roman punch
staple punch
sucker-punch
sucker punch
Sunday punch
superman punch
tongue-punch
tongue punch
zone punch
Related terms: word: puncheon
sense: A strike with the fist
word: slap