punch
/pʌnt͡ʃ/ noun C2- A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
- A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
- A hole or opening created with a punch.
- An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
Plural punches
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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With his elbows on the table he sat between the two empty bottles, while spectres danced in the light of the unsnuffed candle—spectres such as Hoffmann strews over his punch-drenched pages, like black, fantastic dust.
Other matches
- punch A hit or strike with one's fist. B2
- punch To strike with one's fist. B2
- punch To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp ... C2
- punch Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genu... C2
- punch A beverage, generally containing a mixture of f... C2
- punch down To attack or target a group that is weaker or o...
- punch in To enter a workplace by punching a timecard.
- punch out To repeatedly hit a person.
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