punch
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.