Look up: Punch

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   Punch
   A punch is a machine for making or starting holes. Punch, or The London Charivari, was an illustrated weekly comic paper published in London first on July 17th 1841. It ceased publication in the 1990s and has since been restarted with limited success.
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   punch
   . an intermediary flaking tool one end of which is placed on the core while a sharp blow is applied to the other. This not only allows the flint knapper to apply force with pinpoint accuracy, but also permits fine control of the angle from which the force originates.
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   punch
   [n] - an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings 2. [n] - a tool for making (usually circular) holes 3. [n] - (boxing) a blow with the fist 4. [v] - drive forcibly as if by a punch 5. [v] - make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation 6. [v] - deliver a punch to
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   Punch
   1. A tool used to create small shapes. 2. The shapes created by the punches.
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   Punch
   Male character in the traditional puppet play Punch and Judy, a humpbacked, hooknosed figure who fights with his wife, Judy. Punch generally overcomes or outwits all opponents. The play is performed...
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   punch
   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 Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • the convex part of a deep drawing tool which enters the workpiece Category: Mechanical engineering • the co...
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   Punch
   Punch noun [ Hind. pānch five, Sanskrit pa ... can . So called because composed of five ingredients, viz., sugar, arrack, spice, water, and lemon juice. See Five .] A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch , claret pu ...
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   Punch
   Punch noun [ Abbrev, from punchinello .] The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show. Punch and Judy , a puppet show in which a comical little hunchbacked Punch, with a large nose, engages in altercation with his wife Judy.
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   Punch
   Punch noun [ Prov. E. Confer Punchy .] 1. A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick. « I . . . did hear them call their fat child punch , which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short.» Pepys. 2. One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch .
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    Punch
    Punch transitive verb [ Middle English punchen , perhaps the same word as English punish : or confer English bunch .] To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.
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    Punch
    Punch noun A thrust or blow. [ Colloq.]
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    Punch
    Punch noun [ Abbrev. from puncheon .] 1. 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. 2. (Pile Driving) An extension piece applied to the to ...
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    Punch
    Punch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Punched ; present participle & verbal noun Punching .] [ From Punch , noun , a tool; confer French poinçonner .] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket. Punching m ...
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    punch
    To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket. Punching machine, or Punching press, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; called also punch press. ... Origin: From Punch, a tool; cf. F. Poinconner. ... A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), suga ...
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    punch
    puncher noun a tool for making holes or indentations
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    punch
    clout noun (boxing) a blow with the fist; `I gave him a clout on his nose`
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    punch
    noun an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
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    punch
    verb make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; `perforate the sheets of paper`
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    Punch
    Small positive steel stamp used to strike negative images into a die, for instance ciphers, crowns or escutcheons.
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    Punch
    `Punch` can refer to: * Punch (strike), a strike made using the hand closed into a fist * `Punch` (magazine), a former British weekly magazine of humour and satire * `The Punch`, Nigerian daily newspaper * Punch (drink), a general term for various mixed drinks, often containing fruit, fruit juice, and/or alcohol * Punch (cigar brand), the name of two brands of premium cigar * Punch (engineering), one of a variety of engineering tools * Punch (nu...
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    Punch
    • A punch for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, etc. • A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating. • (n.) A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick. • (n.) A thrust or blow. • (n.) A prop, as for the roo...
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    punch
    (from the article `wine`) ...frequently mixed by the consumer and sometimes bottled by a manufacturer, in which flavouring materials are added after the manufacture of the ...
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    punch
    (from the article `boxing`) Death as a result of a boxing injury is actually less likely in the heavyweight division, an unexpected fact given that it is in this division that ... ...each boxer for each round, and a boxer must win on two of the three scorecards to earn a decision victory. In Olympic bouts five judges score the ... [2...
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    punch
    (from the article `coin`) ...where, under the action of surface tension, they assumed a characteristic lenslike shape before solidification. The weight of the pellets was ... ...in the fabrication of sheet-metal parts that range in size from the finger stop on a dial telephone to the panels of an automobile body. Each ... [2 related ...
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    Punch
    hooknosed, humpbacked character, the most popular of marionettes and glove puppets and the chief figure in the Punch-and-Judy puppet show. Brutal, ... [5 related articles]
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