punch clout poke lick biff slug | (boxing) a blow with the fist, I gave him a clout on his nose |
haymaker knockout punch KO punch Sunday punch | a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing |
rabbit punch | a short chopping blow to the back of the neck |
sucker punch | an unexpected punch |
punch-up | a fistfight, the quarrel ended in a punch-up |
center punch | a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling) |
punch puncher | a tool for making holes or indentations |
punch bowl | a large bowl for serving beverages, usually with a ladle |
punched card punch card Hollerith card | a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes |
punching bag punch bag punching ball punchball | an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing |
punch pliers | punch consisting of pliers for perforating paper or leather |
punch press | a power driven press used to shape metal parts |
punch line laugh line gag line tag line | the point of a joke or humorous story |
fruit punch | a punch made of fruit juices mixed with water or soda water (with or without alcohol) |
milk punch | a punch made of spirits and milk and sugar and spices |
punch | an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings, normally served in a punch bowl |
planter's punch | a cocktail made of rum and lime or lemon juice with sugar and sometimes bitters |
fish house punch | a punch made of rum and brandy and water or tea sweetened with sugar syrup |
hole hollow | a depression hollowed out of solid matter |
hollow holler | a small valley between mountains, he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians |
hollow | a cavity or space in something, hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks |
lordosis hollow-back | an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column |
clock in punch in clock on | register one's arrival at work |
clock out punch out clock off | register one's departure from work |
hollow hollow out core out | remove the interior of, hollow out a tree trunk |
excavate dig hollow | remove the inner part or the core of, the mining company wants to excavate the hillside |
punch plug | deliver a quick blow to, he punched me in the stomach |
punch perforate | make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation, perforate the sheets of paper |
center punch | make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill |
punch | drive forcibly as if by a punch, the nail punched through the wall |
punch-drunk silly slaphappy | dazed from or as if from repeated blows, knocked silly by the impact, slaphappy with exhaustion |
deep-eyed hollow-eyed sunken-eyed | characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver |
empty hollow vacuous | devoid of significance or point, empty promises, a hollow victory, vacuous comments |
hollow | as if echoing in a hollow space, the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom |
hollow-horned | having horns that are hollow |
hollow | not solid, having a space or gap or cavity, a hollow wall, a hollow tree, hollow cheeks, his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year |