punch

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show. Source: opted

3. n. A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick. Source: opted

4. n. One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch. Source: opted

5. v. t. To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow. Source: opted

6. n. A thrust or blow. Source: opted

7. n. 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. Source: opted

8. n. An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. Source: opted

9. n. A prop, as for the roof of a mine. Source: opted

10. n. To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket. Source: opted

11. n. (boxing) a blow with the fist Source: wordnet

12. n. an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl Source: wordnet

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