2syllables
punches
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Definitions ofpunches
1noun
- A hit or strike with one's fist.
- Power, strength, energy.
- Impact.
1verb
- To strike with one's fist.
Example: "If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose."
- (of cattle) To herd.
- To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
- To enter (information) on a device or system.
- To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
Example: "He punched a hit into shallow left field."
- To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc)
- To thrust against; to poke.
Example: "to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow"
1noun
- 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 hole or opening created with a punch.
- (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
1verb
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- To mark a ticket.
1noun
- A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
1noun
- Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
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