Synonyms for punch
pʌntʃpunch

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1. punch

   Synonyms:
   perforate, poke, pierce, puncture, terebrate, bore

   Antonyms:
   stop, plug, seal, bung

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1. punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slugnoun

   (boxing) a blow with the fist

   "I gave him a clout on his nose"

   Synonyms:
   jabbing, type slug, pigeon berry, clout, jab, garget, carrier bag, sack, thrust, bullet, salt lick, slug, dawdler, lick, poke, pull, paper bag, lagger, biff, clout nail, thrusting, sluggard, puncher, drone, trailer, lap, laggard, scoke, poking

2. punchnoun

   an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl

   Synonyms:
   slug, lick, biff, poke, puncher, clout

3. punch, puncherverb

   a tool for making holes or indentations

   Synonyms:
   cowpuncher, poke, cattleman, slug, cowhand, biff, puncher, cowboy, lick, cowherd, cowpoke, cowman, clout

4. punch, plugverb

   deliver a quick blow to

   "he punched me in the stomach"

   Synonyms:
   plug, secure, perforate, plug away, stop up

5. punchverb

   drive forcibly as if by a punch

   "the nail punched through the wall"

   Synonyms:
   plug, perforate

6. punch, perforateverb

   make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation

   "perforate the sheets of paper"

   Synonyms:
   plug, penetrate, perforate

Matched Categories

1. • Mixed Drink
   • Pierce
   • Thrust

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1. punchverb

   Synonyms:
   perforate, bore, pierce

2. punchverb

   Synonyms:
   push, poke

3. punchnoun

   Synonyms:
   borer

4. punchnoun

   Synonyms:
   push, poke

5. punchnoun

   Synonyms:
   horse (short and thick)

6. punchnoun

   Synonyms:
   buffoon (of a puppet-show), clown, harlequin, punchinello, merry-andrew, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, pickle-herring, jack-pudding

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1. punchverb

   Synonyms:
   push, poke, pierce, bore, perforate, puncture

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1. List of paraphrases for "punch":

   awl, poonch, fist, roughhouse, bonsh, drift, hit, knock, punching, joker

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1. punch

   Synonyms:
   See Murphy's kidney punch
   

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1. Bernie Sanders:

   I don't think our supporters are inciting. What our supporters are doing is responding to a candidate who has, in fact, in many ways, encouraged violence, when he talks about ... 'I wish we were in the old days when you could punch somebody in the head.' What do you think that says to his supporters?

2. England Scott Hend:

   I didn't see any marshals around but when I mentioned to Danny I was going over to speak to them( the hecklers) he was just waiting for it all to kickoff, danny was just waiting for me to punch one of the guys in the mouth. He had been hurling abuse at me before I hit my first putt at 14 and just wouldn't shut up from there on.

3. Dean Elgar:

   We know we’ve got to try and throw a first punch. We didn’t do that in the first test, it was almost like we waited for them to make a plan and then put ourselves under a lot of pressure with them scoring nearly 400 runs in their first innings, now we want to look to put them under pressure straight away. If we know if we put our best foot forward we can start to dictate the way the test goes.

4. Daniel Ives:

   This is the last thing Tesla investors wanted to see, the biggest fear has been that Tesla CEO Elon Musk sells more stock, and that's what just happened. It's a near-term gut punch. There's no explanation and that adds to the uncertainty.

5. Organizer Didier Jiminez-Castro:

   Baby Trump will give that punch, that energy that we need for the midterms - it's going to get people out of the house.