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▸ noun: (countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Impact.
▸ verb: (transitive) To strike with one's fist.
▸ verb: (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
▸ verb: (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
▸ verb: (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
▸ verb: (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2)
▸ verb: To thrust against; to poke.
▸ verb: (transitive) In winemaking, to perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
▸ verb: (transitive) To emphasize, to give emphasis to something.
▸ noun: (countable) 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.
▸ noun: (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
▸ noun: (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
▸ noun: (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
▸ noun: A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
▸ verb: To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
▸ verb: To mark a ticket.
▸ noun: A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
▸ noun: (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
▸ noun: (British) A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show.
▸ noun: Any butterfly of genus Dodona.
▸ noun: A butterfly of the genus Dodona.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ verb: (intransitive, UK, slang) Ellipsis of punch above one's weight; especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself. [(idiomatic) To (attempt to) achieve or perform at a higher level than would be expected based on one's preparation, attributes, rank, or past accomplishments.]
▸ noun: Short for Suffolk Punch (“type of horse”). [A kind of English draught horse, chestnut in colour.]
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