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Webster 1828 Edition


Punching

PUNCH'ING

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ppr.
Perforating with a punch; driving against.

Definition 2024


punching

punching

English

Verb

punching

  1. present participle of punch

Derived terms

Noun

punching (countable and uncountable, plural punchings)

  1. (gerund of punch) An incident in which someone is punched
    • 2009, January 25, “Evonne Barry”, in Booze and the trail of violence:
      Over the past four years, the rate of "interpersonal" attacks and "penetrating injuries" - such as stabbings, glassings, punchings, beatings - has doubled, he said.
  2. The process of making holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc).