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(countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
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(countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist.
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(uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
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(uncountable) Impact.
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(transitive) To strike with one's fist.
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(transitive, of cattle) To herd.
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(transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
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(transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
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(transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
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(transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).
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To thrust against; to poke.
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(intransitive, UK, slang) Ellipsis of punch above one's weight; especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.
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(transitive, winemaking) To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
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(transitive) To emphasize; to give emphasis to.
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(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.
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(countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
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(piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
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A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
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To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
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To mark a ticket.
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A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
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(entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.