1. (noun)punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug (boxing) a blow with the fist "I gave him a clout on his nose"
2. (noun)punch an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
3. (verb)punch, puncher a tool for making holes or indentations
4. (verb)punch, plug deliver a quick blow to "he punched me in the stomach"
5. (verb)punch drive forcibly as if by a punch "the nail punched through the wall"
6. (verb)punch, perforate make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation "perforate the sheets of paper"
Definitions of 'punch'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (noun)punch a beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc
2. (noun)punch the buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show
3. (noun)punch a short, fat fellow; anything short and thick
4. (noun)punch one of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch
5. (noun)punch a thrust or blow
6. (noun)punch a tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die
7. (noun)punch an extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly
8. (noun)punch a prop, as for the roof of a mine
9. (noun)punch to perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket
10. (verb)punch to thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow