Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, archaic)Short and thickset.

Examples

420 sentences

  1. Tom is the one who punched me.

    Саме Том вдарив мене. — deniko

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  2. Why didn't you just punch Tom?

    ruПочему ты просто не врезал Тому? — odexed

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  3. Do we have a hole punch?

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  4. You beat me to the punch.

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  5. They beat us to the punch.

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Origin

Uncertain. Perhaps shortened from puncheon (compare German Punze, Punzen (“cask; short fat

Uncertain. Perhaps shortened from puncheon (compare German Punze, Punzen (“cask; short fat person or thing”)) or Punchinello.

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Forms

more punch, most punch
Comparativemore punch Lesson
Superlativemost punch Lesson

regular

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

6 patterns
  • spiked the punch
  • punched in the
  • one who punched
  • got punched in
  • got punched
  • to the punch

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pumpB1pumpkinB2punpunctiliouspunctualB2punctualityB2punctuate

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