punch
To strike with one's fistTo strike with one's fist.
» Tom is the one who punched me.
Саме Том вдарив мене.
Meaning
12 senses(transitive)To strike with one's fist.
If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.
mit der Faust schlagen
ударитьudaritʹ
(transitive)To herd.
(transitive)To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
(transitive)To enter (information) on a device or system.
(transitive)To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
He punched a hit into shallow left field.
(transitive)To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).
lochen
пробива́тиprobyváty, проби́тиprobýty
To thrust against; to poke.
to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow
(transitive)To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
(transitive)To emphasize; to give emphasis to.
Getting a little tired of you punching that word.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang)To light marijuana in a bong.
We're gonna punch a few cones.
To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
lochen
To mark a ticket.
abstempeln, entwerten
- deliver a quick blow to
- make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
- drive forcibly as if by a punch
Examples
420 sentencesTom is the one who punched me.
Саме Том вдарив мене.
Why didn't you just punch Tom?
ruПочему ты просто не врезал Тому?
Do we have a hole punch?
You beat me to the punch.
They beat us to the punch.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchFrom Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon). Compare also Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”).
Shortened form of puncheon, from Middle English punchoun, from Old French ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick”).
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Forms
punches, punching, punched, punchedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
6 patterns- spiked the punch
- punched in the
- one who punched
- got punched in
- got punched
- to the punch