Meaning

4 senses

  1. (in compounds, often)A person who punches (in a specified manner).

    someone who delivers punches

  2. A person who keys data into a computer system.

  3. A device for punching something, such as tickets.

  4. (US, slang)A cowpuncher; a cowboy.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The only interaction he had was when people needed to borrow a hole puncher from him in class.

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Origin

From punch + -er.

From punch + -er.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: punchers
Singularpuncher
Pluralpunchers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
punchB2
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedpunch
Derivedcowpuncherticket-puncher

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
punpunchB2punctiliouspunctualB2punctualityB2punctuate

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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