punch : Idioms & Phrases

• a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell when used.

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• (Mach.), a punch, or punch pliers, for making holes for lacings in the ends of driving belts.

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• noun a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling)
  
• verb make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill
  

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• a machine for punching eyelet holes and fastening eyelets, as in paper or cloth.

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• noun a punch made of rum and brandy and water or tea sweetened with sugar syrup
  

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• noun a punch made of fruit juices mixed with water or soda water (with or without alcohol)
  

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• noun a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing
  KO punch; haymaker; knockout punch.
  

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• noun a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing
  KO punch; haymaker; knockout punch.
  

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• a steel punch with a letter engraved on the end, used in making the matrices for type.

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• noun a punch made of spirits and milk and sugar and spices
  

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• a sort of punch made with spirit, milk, sugar, spice, etc.

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• noun a cocktail made of rum and lime or lemon juice with sugar and sometimes bitters
  

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• 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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• noun an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing
  punch bag; punchball; punching bag.
  

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• noun a large bowl for serving beverages; usually with a ladle
  

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• a large bowl in which punch is made, or from which it is served.

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• noun a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes
  Hollerith card; punch card.
  

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• verb register one's arrival at work
  clock in; clock on.
  

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• noun the point of a joke or humorous story
  gag line; laugh line; tag line.
  

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• verb register one's departure from work
  clock off; clock out.
  

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• noun punch consisting of pliers for perforating paper or leather
  

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• pliers having a tubular, sharp-edged steel punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating leather, paper, and the like.

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• noun a power driven press used to shape metal parts
  

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• . See Punching machine, under Punch, v. i.

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• adjective satellite dazed from or as if from repeated blows
  slaphappy; silly.
  
  • knocked silly by the impact
  • slaphappy with exhaustion

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• noun a fistfight
  
  • the quarrel ended in a punch-up

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• noun a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes
  Hollerith card; punch card.
  

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• noun a person on whom another person vents their anger
  
  • he resigned because his boss used him as a punching bag
• noun an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing
  punch bag; punchball; punching bag.
  

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• noun an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing
  punch bag; punchball; punching bag.
  

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• a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; called also punch press.

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• noun a short chopping blow to the back of the neck
  

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• a punch frozen and served as an ice.

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• noun an unexpected punch
  

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• noun a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing
  KO punch; haymaker; knockout punch.
  

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