punch

  • 41punch-up — punch′ up n. cvb sts sl. a fistfight; brawl • Etymology: 1955–60 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 42Punch — [pantʃ̮ ], der; s, s <englisch> (Boxhieb; große Schlagkraft) …

    Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • 43punch-up — ► NOUN informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ a brawl …

    English terms dictionary

  • 44punch|er — «PUHN chuhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that punches. 2. Western U.S. a cowpuncher: »Judge Henry gave me charge of him and some other punchers taking cattle (Owen Wister). ╂[American English < punch1 + er1] …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 45punch — 1. punch [ pɔ̃ʃ ] n. m. • 1674; bolle ponche 1653; mot angl., du hindi panch « cinq », à cause des cinq composants de la boisson ♦ Boisson alcoolisée à base d eau de vie (généralement du rhum) parfumée de citron et d épices. Punch chaud, glacé.… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 46punch — punch1 puncher, n. /punch/, n. 1. a thrusting blow, esp. with the fist. 2. forcefulness, effectiveness, or pungency in content or appeal; power; zest: a letter to voters that needs more punch. 3. pull punches, a. to lessen deliberately the force… …

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  • 47punch — punch1 S3 [pʌntʃ] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hit)¦ 2¦(make holes)¦ 3¦(push buttons)¦ 4 punch holes in somebody s argument/idea/plans etc 5 punch the air 6 punch somebody s lights out 7 punch the clock 8¦(cattle)¦ Phrasal verbs   …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48punch — 1 verb (T) 1 to hit someone or something hard with your fist (=closed hand): punch sb in/on sth: Gallacher swung round and punched me hard in the stomach. | punch sb/sth: I punched the wall in anger. | punch the air (=to make a movement like a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 49punch — I n. blow 1) to deliver, give, land, throw a punch 2) to pull ( soften ) one s punches (also fig.) 3) to roll with a punch 4) a one two; rabbit; solid; Sunday punch 5) a punch in, on, to (a punch in the face; a punch on the nose) misc. 6) to pack …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 50punch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good, hard, powerful ▪ killer (BrE, figurative), knockout ▪ Aluko landed a knockout punch …

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