punch out

Punch  (pnch)

n.

The quarrelsome hook-nosed husband of Judy in the comic puppet show Punch and Judy.

Idiom:

pleased as Punch

Highly pleased; gratified.

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[Short for Punchinello.]

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punch ¹  (pnch)

n.

1. A tool for circular or other piercing: a leather punch.

2. A tool for forcing a pin, bolt, or rivet in or out of a hole.

3. A tool for stamping a design on a surface.

4. A tool for making a countersink.

intr. & tr.v. punched, punch·ing, punch·es

To use a punch or use a punch on.

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[Middle English pounce, punche, from Old French poinçon, ponchon; see puncheon¹. V., from Middle English pouncen, punchen, to prick, from Old French poinçoner, ponchoner, to emboss with a punch; see punch².]

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puncher n.

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punch ²  (pnch)

tr.v. punched, punch·ing, punch·es

1. To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.

2.

a. To poke or prod with a stick.

b. Western U.S. To herd (cattle).

3. To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation: punched the "repeat" key; punched in the number on the computer.

4. Baseball To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.

n.

1. A blow with the fist.

2. Vigor or drive. See Synonyms at vigor.

Phrasal Verbs:

punch in

To check in formally at a job upon arrival.

punch out

1. To check out formally at a job upon departure.

2. To knock unconscious with a punch.

3. Slang To eject from a military aircraft.

Idiom:

beat to the punch

To make the first decisive move: a marketing team that beat all the competitors to the punch.

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[Middle English punchen, to thrust, prod, prick, from Old French poinçonner, ponchonner, to emboss with a punch, from poinçon, ponchon, pointed tool; see puncheon¹.]

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punchless adj.

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punch ³  (pnch)

n.

A beverage of fruit juices and sometimes a soft drink or carbonated water, often spiced and mixed with a wine or liquor base.

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[Perhaps from Hindi pañc, five, from Sanskrit pañca (from its originally having been prepared from five ingredients); see penk^we in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

punch out - register one's departure from work clock off, clock out report - announce one's presence; "I report to work every day at 9 o'clock" clock in, clock on, punch in - register one's arrival at work

Translations

? punch out

vt sep → ausstechen, ausstanzen; pattern etc → prägen