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punch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Etymology 1
From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pung? (“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).
Noun
punch (countable and uncountable, plural punches)
- (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
- (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
- (uncountable) Impact.
Synonyms
- (strike with the fist): blow, box, bunch of fives (Britain)
- (power, strength): oomph, pep
Hyponyms
- (strike with the fist): jab, hook, king hit, uppercut, pounding
Derived terms
Related terms
- puncheon
Translations
See also
- (A strike with the fist): slap
Verb
punch (third-person singular simple present punches, present participle punching, simple past and past participle punched)
- (transitive) To strike with one's fist.
- If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.
- (transitive, of cattle) 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)
- To thrust against; to poke.
- to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow
Synonyms
- (To strike with the fist): box, slug
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Shortened form of puncheon, from Old French ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pung? (“I prick”).
Noun
punch (plural punches)
- (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.
- (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
- (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
- (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
Translations
See also
- centrepunch, centre punch, centerpunch
- hole punch
- nail punch
- paper punch
- three-hole punch
Verb
punch (third-person singular simple present punches, present participle punching, simple past and past participle punched)
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- To mark a ticket.
Hypernyms
- (to create a hole): perforate, pierce
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From Hindi ???? (p??c, “five”), because of the drink's original five ingredients (spirits, water, lemon juice, sugar, and spice), from Sanskrit ?????? (páñcan). Doublet of five, cinque, pimp, and Pompeii.
Noun
punch (countable and uncountable, plural punches)
- A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
Descendants
Translations
Etymology 4
From Punch.
Noun
punch (plural punches)
- (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
Dutch
Alternative forms
- pons (obsolete)
- puns (dated)
Etymology
Borrowed from English punch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?n?/
- Hyphenation: punch
Noun
punch m (uncountable)
- punch (beverage)
French
Alternative forms
- ponch (1990 reform spelling)
Etymology
From English punch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???/
Noun
punch m (plural punchs)
- punch (drink)
Further reading
- “punch” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Noun
punch m (plural punches)
- punch (drink)
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collision
English
Etymology
From Middle French collision, from Late Latin collisio, from Latin collidere, past participle collisus (“to dash together”); see collide.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??l???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
collision (countable and uncountable, plural collisions)
- An instance of colliding.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- (physics) Any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. In a collision, physical contact of two bodies is not necessary.
- (software compilation) Clipping of naming collision.
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
- allision
Derived terms
Related terms
- collide
Translations
Further reading
- collision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- collision in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin coll?si?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.li.zj??/
Noun
collision f (plural collisions)
- collision (an instance of colliding)
Derived terms
- collision frontale
Further reading
- “collision” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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