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Definition: Punch |
PunchNoun1. (boxing) a blow with the fist. 2. An iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl. 3. A tool for making (usually circular) holes. Verb1. Deliver a punch to. 2. Drive forcibly as if by a punch; "the nail punched through the wall". 3. Make a hole into. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "punch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Note: Punch \Punch\, noun. [Abbrev, from punchinello.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | A weekly obituary notice from London, chronicling the death of Humor. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Biographical Satire | PUNCH, husband of Judy, and a great favorite with the children, even if he did beat his old wife. Led a hen-pecked life. Traveled in several European countries and spoke all the best-selling languages. His name has been given to a serious London publication. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Computing | A device for making holes in some kinds of data media ; a device that will make holes to represent information to any medium in accordance with signals sent to it from another source, such as a computer. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of drinking the concoction called punch, denotes that you will prefer selfish pleasures to honorable distinction and morality. To dream that you are punching any person with a club or fist, denotes quarrels and recriminations. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Industry | To pierce material by forcing a special tool through it. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | To press or strike sharply the activating mechanism. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Punch from the Indian word punj (five); so called from its five ingredients- viz. spirit, water, lemon, sugar, and spice. It was introduced into England from Spain, where it is called ponche. It is called "Contradiction," because it is composed of spirits to make it strong, and water to make it weak; of lemon-juice to make it sour, and sugar to make it sweet. Mr. Punch. A Roman mime called Maccus was the original of Punch. A statuette of this buffon was discovered in 1727, containing all the well-known features of our friend- the long nose and goggle eyes, the hunch back and protruding breast. The most popular derivation of Punch and Judy is Pontius cum Judæis (Matt. xxvii. 19), an old mystery play of Pontius Pilate and the Jews; but the Italian policinello seems to be from pollice, a thumb (Tom-thumb figures), and our Punch is from paunch.} The drama or story of our Punch and Judy is attributed to Silvio Fiorillo, an Italian comedian of the seventeenth century. The tale is this: Punch, in a fit of jealousy, strangles his infant child, when Judy flies to her revenge. She fetches a bludgeon, with which she belabours her husband, till Punch, exasperated, seizes another bludgeon and beats her to death, then flings into the street the two dead bodies. The bodies attract the notice of a police officer, who enters the house. Punch flees for his life; being arrested by an officer of the Inquisition, he is shut up in prison, from which he escapes by means of a golden key. The rest is an allegory, showing how Punch triumphs over all the ills that flesh is heir to. (1) Ennui, in the shape of a dog, is overcome; (2) Disease, in the disguise of a doctor, is kicked out; (3) Death is beaten to death; and (4) the Devil himself is outwitted. Pleased as Punch. (See Pleased.) Punch A Suffolk punch. A short, thick-set cart-horse. "I did hear them call their child Punch, which pleased me mightily, that word having become a word of common use for everything that is thick and short."- Pepys's Diary. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | The convex part of a deep drawing tool which enters the workpiece. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Part of the cutting tool that penetrates the material. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. A tool (ram) for knocking out timbers in coal workings. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Spanish (hostia). (references) |
Slang in 1811 | PUNCH. A liquor called by foreigners Contradiction, from its being composed of spirits to make it strong, water to make it weak, lemon juice to make it sour, and sugar to make it sweet. Punch is also the name of the prince of puppets, the chief wit and su. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
- Punch from Punch and Judy.
- Punch magazine.
- Punch (drink).
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine founded in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and a wood engraver named Ebenezer Landells. Punch was responsible for the modern use of the word 'cartoon' to refer to a comic satirical drawing. The magazine was intended to be humorous and satirical, and to signify this intent, took as its name and masthead figure the anarchic glove puppet Mr. Punch. The subtitle "The London Charivari" was a reference to the French humorous magazine, Le Charivari. The illustrator Richard Doyle designed the cover of the magazine's first issues, and was a regular contributor.Notable authors who contributed at one time or another included John Betjeman, A. A. Milne, Anthony Powell, W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, Thackeray; John Tenniel was a regular political cartoonist in the late 19th century. Tom Taylor served as editor for a period starting in 1874.
Circulation slowly declined over the years, until the magazine was forced to close in 1992 after 150 years. However, in early 1996, the controversial businessman, Mohammed Al-Fayed bought the rights to the name, and it was re-launched later that year. However, the magazine never became profitable in its new incarnation, and at the end of May 2002, it was announced that Punch would once more cease publication. Press reports at the time quoted a total loss to its owner of some 16 million pounds over the six years of publication, with only 6,000 subscribers at the end.
See also cartoon, comic strip, humour.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Punch magazine."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PUNCH | English | Perforation in Row II of Card | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PunchSynonyms: biff (n), lick (n), poke (n), perforate (v), plug (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: perforator (computing). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attack | Cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado, carte and tierce, home thrust; coupe de bec; kick, punch; (impulse). |
Carrier | Beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, punch, roadster, goer; racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse; ketch; Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie; garran, garron; jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding; bronco, broncho, cayuse; creature, critter; cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler; stud. |
Drunkenness | Drink; alcoholic drinks; blue ruin, grog, port wine; punch, punch bowl; cup, rosy wine, flowing bowl; drop, drop too much; dram; beer; (beverage); aguardiente; apple brandy, applejack; brandy, brandy smash; chain lightning, champagne, gin, ginsling; highball, peg, rum, rye, schnapps, sherry, sling, uisquebaugh, usquebaugh, whisky, xeres. |
Engraving | Graver, burin, etching point, style; plate, stone, wood block, negative; die, punch, stamp. |
Food | Wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail; gin; (intoxicating liquor); coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep; near beer. beer, non-alcoholic beverage. |
Humorist | Buffoon, farceur, merry-andrew, mime, tumbler, acrobat, mountebank, charlatan, posturemaster, harlequin, punch, pulcinella, scaramouch, clown; wearer of the cap and bells, wearer of the motley; motley fool; pantaloon, gypsy; jack-pudding, jack in the green, jack a dandy; wiseacre, wise guy, smartass; fool. |
Impulse | Strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk; kick, calcitrate; butt, strike at; (attack); whip c. (punish). |
Hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail; ram, rammer; battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat; cant hook; cudgel; (weapon); ax; (sharp). | |
Blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff; squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration; ruade; arietation; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk; carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe. | |
Opening | Perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill; mine; (scoop out); tunnel; transpierce, transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave in. |
Perforator | Noun: perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar, trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet; punch, puncheon; spikebit, gouge; spear; (weapon); puncher; punching machine, punching press; punch pliers. |
Prototype | Text, copy, design; fugleman, keynote. die, mold; matrix, last, plasm; proplasm, protoplasm; mint; seal, punch, intaglio, negative; stamp. |
Ship | Ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig; brigantine, barkantine; schooner; topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner; chasse-maree; sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss; sailer, sailing vessel; windjammer; steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pip, ship of the line; destroyer, cruiser, frigate; landing ship, LST; aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier; submarine, submersible, atomic submarine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Punch it (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett) I warned you. I'm going to punch you so hard, you Roman git (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) How's that for a punch line (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis) Well, I guess I had a tad too much punch. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) And I'm just one punch away (The Set-Up; writing credit: Art Cohn; Joseph Moncure March) | |
Lyrics | Before you punch that number (Don't Rock The Jukebox; performing artist: Alan Jackson) Mo' punch than your bowl of juice (Take it to Da House; performing artist: Trick Daddy) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pink Punch (1966) The Punch and Judy Man (1963) Punch Pooch (1962) The Bongo Punch (1958) Out to Punch (1956) | |
Song Titles | You Beat Me To The Punch (performing artist: Mary Wells) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | [Yvonne Scott sitting at a punch card machine]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Punch cures the Gout, the Colic, and the Tisic. / Jas. Gillray del. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Group watching Tilghman mount horse, British (?) singing around punch bowl, Tilghman on horseback yelling news to crowd by harbor with ships. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The punch line, both men laughing. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Beating him to the punch. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Cairo punch. The English councillors / A.H. Zaki. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | U.S.S. Kentucky's punch bowl. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Punch, [and] Edwina. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Conversion. Toy factory. Between the heavy punch and the die, a vital war product is being turned out by a press which once produced only metal toys and movie projectors. U-shaped object is part of radio filter box essential to the army. Keystone. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Lake Charles, Louisiana. Joe Morvain, enroute to Houston, stopping to punch a time clock. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Bull nettles" by Loretta Humble Commentary: "These things pack a mean punch." | "Metal punch_2" by Simon Cataudo Commentary: "Hole punch. Taken 6 November 2003." |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Punch in the face. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | But the kettle would be on the hob to make punch. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Tape the cardboard to the container securely, and punch small holes in the cardboard, allowing the bat to breathe. (references) | |
The excisional biopsy (including punch, saucerization, or elliptical excision) should include a portion of underlying subcutaneous fat for accurate microstaging. (references) | ||
The diagnosis of stage IA1 cervical squamous cell carcinoma should be based on cone biopsy, not punch cervical biopsy, preferably by using a technique that does not result in cauterized margins. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | Oh God, I hated running against him because I like him so much. I hated the debates, I hated getting prepared to try to punch and counterpunch and all that. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Punch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.78% of the time. "Punch" is used about 1,134 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.78% | 757 | 9,042 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 12.95% | 147 | 25,998 |
| Noun (proper) | 12.78% | 145 | 26,217 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.31% | 83 | 36,350 |
| Noun (common) | 0.18% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,134 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "punch" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Punch | Last name | 1,000 | 14,788 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "punch": Bell punch ♦ Belt punch ♦ bowlful of punch ♦ calculating punch ♦ card punch ♦ card reproducing punch ♦ center punch ♦ centre punch ♦ cutting punch ♦ drawing punch ♦ eleven punch ♦ Eyelet punch ♦ fish house punch ♦ forming punch ♦ free punch ♦ fruit punch ♦ guided punch ♦ hollow punch ♦ kidney punch ♦ knockout punch ♦ ko punch ♦ Letter punch ♦ milk punch ♦ mr punch ♦ multiplying punch ♦ pack a punch ♦ paper punch ♦ pilot punch ♦ planter's punch ♦ pleased as Punch ♦ punch and judy ♦ punch and judy show ♦ punch bag ♦ punch ball ♦ punch bowl ♦ punch card ♦ punch cards ♦ punch clock ♦ punch holes ♦ punch in ♦ punch in one's card ♦ punch in the card ♦ punch line ♦ punch mark ♦ punch one's card ♦ punch out ♦ punch pliers ♦ punch position ♦ punch press ♦ punch tape ♦ punch tape code ♦ rabbit punch ♦ reproducing punch ♦ roman punch ♦ sucker punch ♦ Sunday punch ♦ tape punch pin ♦ ticket punch ♦ unguided punch. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "punch": Punch-and-judy, punch-bag, punch-bowl, punch-bowls, punch-card, punch-cards, punch-drink, punch-drunk, punch-like, punch-line, punch-lines, punch-paper, punch-ticket, punch-type, punch-up, punch-ups. | |
Ending with "punch": counter-punch. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
punch | 1,261 | sunday punch | 83 |
punch recipe | 1,013 | party punch recipe | 82 |
punch bowl | 556 | punch recipe rum | 81 |
punch drunk love | 468 | punch bowl cake | 81 |
donkey punch | 207 | punch home design | 79 |
punch software | 203 | baby shower punch | 79 |
wedding punch | 163 | alcoholic punch | 78 |
paper punch | 156 | recipe non alcoholic punch | 64 |
mike punch tysons | 152 | punch press | 62 |
champagne punch | 134 | sucker punch | 60 |
rum punch | 132 | champagne punch recipe | 58 |
fruit punch recipe | 129 | punch craft | 54 |
party punch | 129 | alcoholic non punch | 53 |
punch recipe wedding | 124 | hunch punch | 53 |
fruit punch | 119 | punch rom super | 52 |
hawaiian punch | 118 | download mike punch tysons | 51 |
punch cigar | 111 | punch bowls | 50 |
hole punch | 104 | mike tyson punch out | 50 |
super punch out | 98 | baby punch recipe shower | 48 |
punch sherbert | 89 | punch line | 48 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "punch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shpues (boring, penetrating, perforator, puncher), shpoj (bore, broach, drill, drive, flesh, hole, impale, jab, perforate, Pierce, pink, poke, prick, prickle, puncture, run through, Spike, spit, stab, stick, sting), shënues (layer, marker, scorer, scriber), shënoj (aim, arrow, book, calendar, catalogue, chalk, charge, commit to paper, denote, earmark, indicate, itemize, jot down, kick, Mark, note, note down, pencil, post, put down, record, remark, score, scribe, set off, sink, tally, tick off, write down), qëlloj me grusht (fist, strike with fist), kullos tufën, hapëse vrimash (puncher), grushtim, grusht (fist, handful, marrowbones, wallop, whack). (various references) | |
Arabic | مخرمة, نخس (prick, prickle, prod), لكمة (belt, chap, jab, knocking, sock, swing, swipe, uppercut, wallop), لكم (box, bust, knock, slug, sock, strike, to you, yours), لكزة (box, poke), ضرب بشدة (rap), خرم (perforate, pierce, tap, tat), خرامة مثقبة, البنش شراب مسكر, ثقب (aperture, bore, broach, drill, hole, hull, orifice, peck, perforate, perforation, pick holes in smth., pierce, prick, prickle, puncture, tear, vent), شراب البنش. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мушкам с пръчка, интерес (concern, fascination, interest, mustard, savor, savour, wonderment), перфорирам (perforate), перфоратор (perforator, puncher, roulette), подкарвам (begin, compel, drive, herd on, spur on, start, urge forward, whip up), полишинел (punchinello), прибой (surf, wash), продупчвам (broach, nip, perforate, transfix), пуасон (die, drift, plunger, swage), пунш, дупча, живост (activity, agility, alertness, brio, esprit, ginger, jazz, liveliness, mercuriality, mobility, nervousness, pep, snap, sprightliness, spunk, vinegar, vitality, vivacity, vividness, volatility, zap), събирам (accumulate, add, add together, add up, aggregate, amass, assemble, bring together, call forth, call together, club, collect, compile, congregate, cumulate, drum up, embody, enlist, foot, furl, garner, gather, get together, harvest, lump, lump together, mass, muster, muster up, pin down, pull together, raise, rake, rake together, rake up, rally, reassemble, reunite, round up, run up, scare up, sum, sum up, swoop, total, totalize, whip in), нисък и набит човек (chunk), влияние (action, coloring, colouring, credit, dominance, domination, drag, effect, empire, force, grip, gripe, hold, impact, influence, interest, leaven, prestige, pull, purchase, reach, stimulus, sway), компостирам, кукла с гърбица и дълъг нос (punchinello), късокрак товарен кон, щанца (die, puncheon), ръгам с пръчка, сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), удар с юмрук (cuff, plug, poke), удрям с юмрук (fist, plug), ефект (effect, effectiveness, glamor, glamour, result, ring). (various references) | |
Chinese | 揰 (poke out, push into), 拳打 (punch-up). (various references) | |
Czech | punc (hall mark, hallmark, plate-mark), punè, zmlátit (beat up, whop), vrták (borer), udeřit (bang, fillip, hit, impinge, knock, strike, swipe), láhev (bottle), štípat (bite, chop, cleave, cut, pinch, scratch, smart, split), šídlo (awl, bradawl, dragonfly, pricker). (various references) | |
Danish | patrice (male, male plug, patrix), polichinel (punchinello), perforator (perforator), dorn (arbor, bell, boom attachment, cone, core tube, dowel bar, extruder tip, flaring tool, guide tip, mandrel, point, puncher, reamer, stud, tongue, turning pin, vertical mandrel), hullemaskine (perforator), huller (perforator, pits), kørner (chopper, mincer, puncher, turning pin), lokkemaskine, lokkenål (cutting punch), bukkestempel (forming punch), marionet (punchinello), trækstempel (drawing punch), snitstempel (cutting punch), stanse (die-cut, to press, to punch, to stamp), stansemaskine (punching machine, stamping machine), stemmemejsel (caulking chisel), stemmer (caulking chisel, hearing of voices, phoneme), lokkestempel (cutting punch, perforating punch). (various references) | |
Dutch | stompen, Jan Klaassen. (various references) | |
Esperanto | punĉo, Pulĉinelo, pugnobati. (various references) | |
Farsi | پهلوان کچل , مهر (Cachet, Love, Pounce, Signet), منگنه کردن (Perforate, Smash, Stamp), مشت زدن بر, مشت (Buffet, Clump, Fist, Handful, Knock, Pounce, Wisp, Yerk), مشروب مرکب ازشراب ومشروبات دیگر, کوتاه (Concise, Dumpy, Laconic, Little, Low, Miniature, Short, Stocky, Stunt, Succinct, Transient), قوت (Accent, Bread, Emphasis, Intensity, Maintenance, Nourishment, Nutrition, Pith, Strength, Stress, Vis), قطور, سوراخ کردن 1 (Bore, Broach, Delve, Gimlet, Gore, Impale, Notch, Perforate, Puncture, Scuttle, Slot, Spit, Stab, Steek, Stick, Thrust, Transfix), ضربت مشت (Slug), استامپ (Inkpad, Pounce). (various references) | |
Finnish | meistää (die-cut), lävistin (perforator). (various references) | |
French | poinçon (puncher), perforateur, emporte-pièce (perforating punch). (various references) | |
German | Faustschlag (sock, thump), Stempel (brand, cachet, die, hallmark, imprint, Mark, pestle, pistil, piston, plunger, postmark, print, prop, seal, stamp), stanzen (emboss, press, pressings, punching, stamp), Stanze (die, stamp, stanza), Punsch, Patrize (die, stamp), Locher (perforator, puncher), Kasperle (clown, fool), Durchschlag (carbon, copy, disruptive discharge, press copy, sieve, strainer). (various references) | |
Greek | γρονθοκοπώ (pommel, pummel, slog, strike with the fist). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקב (perforator, piercer), מכונת נקוב, מנקב (perforator), יין מסך, להתאגרף (box, spar, wrestle), לנקוב (bore, perforate), לנקב (make a hole in, perforate), סנוקרת (knock out). (various references) | |
Hungarian | puncs (toddy), lyukasztógép (hole puncher, perforator). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pukulan (beating, chop, knock, smack), menghantam (pummel, smite), hantaman (smack), coblos (perforate). (various references) | |
Italian | punzone (assay stamp, assayer's stamp, helper, male plug, plug-assist, puncher, stamp, stiletto, turning pin), punzonatrice, perforatrice (driller). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 穴開け器 (stiletto), 穴あけ器 (stiletto), パンジー色 (briefs, brochure, deep violet, most people, paint, pampas, pamphlet, panda, pan-focus, pantalon, pantheon, panties, pantograph, pantomime, pantothenic, pantry, pantskirt, panty, panty girdle, panty hose, panty skirt, panty stocking, pantyhose, PCS, pumping, pumpkin, pumps, punch card, punch permanent, punch-card system, punt kick, showing underwear, underpants, whore), ワラント債 (110 camera, 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door, bonds with warrants, bow-wow, cost of maintaining a pet dog, doggie fashion, down one out, katakana for "we", katakana for "wi", migratory bird, minivan, non-returnable bottle, once through, one, one down, one step at a time, one touch, one two, one way bottle, one-length, one-man, one-man bus, one-man show, one-piece dress, one-point relief, one-sided, one-step, people-mover, studio apartment, studio flat, version, version-up, violin, vitality, wand, warrant loan, wonder, wonderland), 剪刀 (scissors). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | パンチ , ワンツー (one two), せんとう (bath-house, battle, combat, cusp, fight, first, head, lead, pinnacle, point, pointed end, public bath, scissors, ship's lamp, spire, starting pitcher, steeple, trampling down, vanguard), あなあけき (stiletto). (various references) | |
Korean | 펀치. (various references) | |
Manx | towlleyder (punching machine), towlley (pierce; penetration; punching, sap, well-boring), thiolley (bore, hole, holepin, perforate, pierce, pit, pit of acids, raise; boring; perforation), puinsh, cur builley da, bwoalley (assault, bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, belabour, buffet, chime, clap, club, flap, hammer, hit, knock, mint, percussion, play, pound, pulsate, rhythm, ring, rise of penis, scramble, shock, slam, slap, strike, thrash, thresh, throb, toll, wallop), builley (bash, beat, beat as pulse, bump, cadence, cadence of voice, cast, choosing, clap, fervour, fit, frenzy, hit, impact, knock, madness, pulsate, pulsation, slam, slap, strike, stroke, sweep, thump, toot, toot on horn, whack), broddag (hormone, probe, sting, stylet). (various references) | |
Maya | toon-luuch. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | unchpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | punção (drift, pricker, puncture, rapierthrust), ponche (toddy), polichinelo (punchinello). (various references) | |
Romanian | putere (authority, backbone, capacity, degree, depth, energy, force, greatness, hold, in, jurisdiction, keenness, masterdom, mastery, measure, might, mightiness, nerve, pith, potency, power, puissance, reign, resistance, right, rulership, sap, stamina, steam, strength, sturdiness, sway, vigor, vigorousness, vigour, vim), puncta (Dot, emphasize, point, punctuate, record, score, tick), priboi (awl, crane's bill), perfora (clip, drill, perforate, Pierce, prick, prickle, thrill), loviturã de pumn (fisticuff, stab), împunge cu bãţul, îndemna (advise, charge, court, egg, exhort, goad, hunch, impel, incite, induce, needle, prick, prod, prompt, push, rouse, set smb. doing smth., spank, spur, stimulate, urge), ştanţã (die, matrix), bate cu pumnii, energie (activity, backbone, bottom, briskness, drive, energy, force, gimp, go, gumption, might, nerve, pep, pepper, peppiness, pith, pithiness, power, sap, snap, soul, spirit, spunk, strength, vigor, vigour, vim, virtue, zip), ţine în pumni, lovi cu pumnul, vlagã (force, kick, pith, powerlessness, sap, tone), mâna (bag, drive, horse, prod, spank), trage un pumn, forţã (drive, energy, force, greatness, influence, locomotive power, measure, might, mightiness, nerve, potency, power, sinew, strength, stress, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, weight). (various references) | |
Russian | удар кулаком (fisticuff), компостер (puncher), пробивать (plough, plow), перфорировать перфоратор, панч. (various references) | |
Scottish | puinse. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | punč (bumbo), probojac (pricker), perforirati (perforate), zumbati (perforate), zumba, udariti (bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, bump, clock, clout, conk, drive in, hack, hit, jog, knock, paw, percuss, poke, ram, rap, shock, strike, stub, swipe, wallop, whack), udarac (beat, blow, bogey, bunt, dig, hit, impact, jolt, lash, lick, puff, stroke, thwack, wallop, whack), izbušiti (drill). (various references) | |
Spanish | ponche (toddy), polichinela (punchinello), perforar (bore, drill, drive, hole, perforate, puncture), perforadora (borer, drill, perforator, puncher, punching machine). (various references) | |
Swedish | stansa (die-cut, to press, to punch, to stamp), stans (die, stanza), slå hål i, slå (bang, bash, beat, bolt, buffet, cap, capture, cast, catch, crossbar, dash, defeat, dial, drive, flap, hit, hurt smb., hurtle, impinge, knock, lay, lick, mow, palpitate, pour, ram, sit, slam, slap, slat, smash, smite, strike, stroke, tack, throw, trounce, warble, whang, whip). (various references) | |
Turkish | punch, muşta (knuckleduster), baskı kalıbı (plate, printing block, stamping die), biz (awl, bodkin, prod, us, we), biz ile delmek, bodur (brief, dumpy, dwarf, low, podgy, pudgy, scrub, scrubby, short, shortie, shorty, shrimp, squabby, squat, stocky, stumpy, stunted), delgeç (perforator, puncher), delgeç ile delmek, delgi (auger, bit, borer, broach, burr-drill, drill, gimlet, trepan), güç (ability, arduous, arm, baffling, capability, capacity, clout, clutch, clutches, command, control, difficult, dominance, energy, force, forcefulness, hard, intensity, iron, might, pep, pith, potency, potential, power, rod, sinew, spirit, stamina, steam, sting, strength, stuffing, sword, tone, tricksy, vigor, vigour, vim, vis, vitality, zing), kısa bacaklı yük beygiri, kart basma makinesi, şişman ve hantal bir kukla, meyveli kokteyl, zımbalamak (staple), muşta ile vurmak, sertçe basmak, tıknaz tip (roly poly), vurmak (bang, bat, beat, beat down, bruise, bust, catapult, catch, chime, clap, clip, clout, dash, deal, grass, gun, hit, impinge, inflict, kayo, knock, land, lay out, lay to, Lodge, Mall, nail, pack, percuss, pip, plant, plonk, plug, plunk, pound, prick, pummel, putt, ram, shoot, shoot off, slog, smash, sock, strike, stroke, stub, swat, swinge, switch, whack, zap), yumruk (biff, blow, box, buffet, fist, jab, plug, thump), yumruk atmak (box, deal a blow at smb., deal smb. a blow, dot smb. one, fist, hit, hit out, paste, paste smb. one, plug, soak, thump), yumruklamak (batter, batter down, biff, buffet, clump, fist, give smb. snuff, hit out, pommel, pound, pummel, thump), zımba (perforator, puncher, stamp, staple, stapler, stapling machine), zımba ile delmek, kuvvet (beef, command, dint, energy, exponent, force, lustiness, main, might, pith, potency, power, robustness, sinew, stamina, strength, thews, vigor, vigour, vinegar, vis, zing). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | компостирувати, пробивати отвори, пуансон (puncheon), пунш (toddy), бити кулаком, ломовик (bat-horse, drayman), енергія (activity, bang, birr, dash, energy, might, nerve, oomph, push, sappiness, spring, vim, whiz, whizz, will, zap, zest), приземкуватий (fubsy, podgy, squabby, squat), келих для пуншу, удар кулаком (fisticuff, poke), компостер (cancel, puncher), коренастий, коротун (dumpling, stump), штамп (chop, clichй, die, imprint, notehead, print, stamp, type), штампувати (impress, manufacture, press, rubber stamp), штемпель (coin, impress), штурхати (dab, spurn, yerk), гульня (bat, binge, bum, carousal, debauch, fuddle, hellbender, razzle, razzle-dazzle, spree, toot, whiz, whizz). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sướng rơn lên hết sức vây vo, sữa (fresh, frumenty, furmety), lực (force, marrow, power, register), dương dương tự đắc (vainglorious), cú thoi (cuff), cú đấm (prod), đường (grocer, saccharose, tollable, tollman, way). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | hum. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | ponchonner. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "punch": punchball, punchballs, punchboard, punchboards, punched, puncheon, puncheons, puncher, punchers, punches, punchier, punchiest, punchily, punchinello, punchinellos, punching, punchless, punchy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "punch": counterpunch, keypunch, outpunch, prepunch. (additional references) | |
Words containing "punch": counterpunched, counterpuncher, counterpunchers, counterpunches, counterpunching, cowpuncher, cowpunchers, keypunched, keypuncher, keypunchers, keypunches, keypunching, outpunched, outpunches, outpunching, prepunched, prepunches, prepunching. (additional references) | |
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"Punch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dunch, ounch, Pancha, Pencz, ponc, ponch, poncy, poonch, pounch, puch, punc, punche, Punchi, punct, punkah, Punkt, purch, putch. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "punch" (pronounced pu"nkh) |
| 3 | -u" n kh | brunch, bunch, crunch, hunch, lunch, Munch, scrunch. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-n-p-u" | |
-2 letters: cup, hun, hup, pun. | |
-3 letters: nu, uh, un, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-n-p-u" | |
+1 letter: paunch, punchy. | |
+2 letters: paunchy, penuche, penuchi, punched, puncher, punches. | |
+3 letters: capuchin, chipmunk, chumping, euphenic, euphonic, keypunch, outpunch, paunched, paunches, penuches, penuchis, penuchle, pinchbug, pouching, prelunch, prepunch, puncheon, punchers, punchier, punchily, punching, sunporch. | |
+4 letters: capuchins, chipmunks, euphenics, hiccuping, launchpad, paunchier, penuchles, pinchbugs, prelaunch, punchball, puncheons, punchiest, punchless, spleuchan. | |
+5 letters: chinquapin, chirruping, consulship, cousinship, cowpuncher, hiccupping, keypunched, keypuncher, keypunches, launchpads, leprechaun, outpunched, outpunches, paunchiest, picayunish, pincushion, postlaunch, prepunched, prepunches, punchballs, punchboard, purchasing, schlumping, spleuchans, sunporches, unemphatic, upchucking, upreaching. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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