punchpunch1 /pʌntʃ/ ●●● verb [transitive] 
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to hit someone or something hard with your fist (=closed hand): 
Bill was suspended from school for punching another student.THESAURUShit, slap, beat, smack, whack, strike, pound► see thesaurus at hit1 (1)2to make a hole in something using a metal tool or other sharp object: The conductor came along and punched our tickets.THESAURUSpierce, make a hole in something, prick, puncture► see thesaurus at pierce3punch a clock to record the time that you start or finish work by putting a card into a special machine [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French poinçonner “to make a hole in,” from poinçon “tool for making holes”]punch in phrasal verb to record the time that you arrive at work by putting a card into a special machinepunch out phrasal verb to record the time that you leave work by putting a card into a special machine
1 to hit someone or something hard with your fist (=closed hand): Bill was suspended from school for punching another student.THESAURUShit, slap, beat, smack, whack, strike, pound► see thesaurus at hit1 (1)2to make a hole in something using a metal tool or other sharp object: The conductor came along and punched our tickets.THESAURUSpierce, make a hole in something, prick, puncture► see thesaurus at pierce3punch a clock to record the time that you start or finish work by putting a card into a special machine [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French poinçonner “to make a hole in,” from poinçon “tool for making holes”]punch in phrasal verb to record the time that you arrive at work by putting a card into a special machinepunch out phrasal verb to record the time that you leave work by putting a card into a special machine
