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puncher
English
Etymology
punch +? -er
Pronunciation
Noun
puncher (plural punchers)
- (often in combination) A person who punches (in a specified manner).
- A person who keys data into a computer system.
- A device for punching something, such as tickets.
- Synonym: punch
- 1949, Popular Science (volume 155, number 6, page 112)
- This sewing machine works like a ticket puncher or a pair of pliers. Squeezing the two hand grips together operates the needle and the thread and material feeds.
- (US, slang) A cowpuncher; a cowboy.
Anagrams
- repunch, unperch
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puncture
English
Etymology
From Late Latin punct?ra.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??kt??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p??kt??/
- Hyphenation: punc?ture
Noun
puncture (plural punctures)
- The act or an instance of puncturing.
- A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.
- January 12, 1752, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
- The lion may perish by the puncture of an asp.
- January 12, 1752, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
- (specifically) A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate.
- Synonyms: (informal US) flat, (UK) flat tyre
- 2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, ?ISBN, page 340,
- Dieter's car had suffered a puncture on the RN3 road between Paris and Meaux. A bent nail was stuck in the tire.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- A tough test for even the strongest climber, it was new to the Tour de France this year, but its debut will be remembered for the wrong reasons after one of those spectators scattered carpet tacks on the road and induced around 30 punctures among the group of riders including Bradley Wiggins, the Tour's overall leader, and his chief rivals.
Derived terms
- puncturer
Translations
Verb
puncture (third-person singular simple present punctures, present participle puncturing, simple past and past participle punctured)
- To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole.
Derived terms
- acupuncture
- aquapuncture
- colorpuncture
- electropuncture
- laserpuncture
- punctured interval
- punctured neighborhood
Translations
Latin
Participle
p?nct?re
- vocative masculine singular of p?nct?rus
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