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puhnch

  • n  (boxing) a blow with the fist
  • n  an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
  • n  a tool for making holes or indentations
  • v  deliver a quick blow to
    he punched me in the stomach
  • v  drive forcibly as if by a punch
    the nail punched through the wall
  • v  make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation

  • In the eight months since he stepped into Punch's editor's chair, Malcolm Muggeridge has been trying to put the punch back into Britain's famed but ailing weekly humor magazine.
  • BEST PUNCH: After calling Harbaugh a "baby" on the air, Kelly took a punch from his nemesis, then said he didn't even remember it.
  • As the showpiece items in Britain's leading humor magazine, Punch's cartoons are known the world over.
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Quotes

  • Pete Carroll in Boston Globe
    Just a great 1-2 punch to add to our team,Carroll said. "We're real excited about Leon Washington. Our guys loved him."
  • Dana White in Hamilton Spectator
    This decision was pretty simple for me,White said. "Vuvuzelas make the most horrific sound I've ever heard. I'd rather let Brock punch me in the face than hear 15,000 people blow on those things."
  • Serena Williams in BusinessWeek
    She's a good player,Williams, also champion in 2002 and 2003, said at a news conference. "She doesn't look it, but she definitely packs a punch. It was good for me because most people that do play nowadays hit really hard."

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