A beverage of fruit juices and sometimes a soft drink or carbonated water, often spiced and mixed with a wine or liquor base.
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A blow with the fist.
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A tool for circular or other piercing: a leather punch.
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A tool for forcing a pin, bolt, or rivet in or out of a hole.
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A tool for making a countersink.
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verb-transitive
Baseball To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.
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To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation: punched the "repeat” key; punched in the number on the computer.
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To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.
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To poke or prod with a stick.
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To use a punch or use a punch on.
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idiom
Beat to the punch To make the first decisive move: a marketing team that beat all the competitors to the punch.
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phrasal-verb
Punch in To check in formally at a job upon arrival.
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Punch out Slang To eject from a military aircraft.
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Punch out To check out formally at a job upon departure.
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Punch out To knock unconscious with a punch.
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verb
To strike with a forward thrust especially of the fist.
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To drive or push forcibly by or as if by a punch.
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To hit (a ball) with less than a full swing.
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To emboss, cut, perforate, or make with or as if with a punch.
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To push down so as to produce a desired result .
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