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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. punch

   Synonyms:
   See Murphy's kidney punch
   

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1. Lodriguez Murray:

   These institutions -- though underfunded -- punch above their weight in terms of outcome, production and impact.

2. Vikrant Parsai:

   We are all only God’s joke here having the same punch line.

3. Larry Gelbart:

   I think one of the by-products of the communications explosion is a sort of corruption fatigue. We've lost our ability to be shocked or enraged by the machinations of politicians. We've been battered with such frequency that we've become indifferent. We're punch drunk with scandal.

4. Blake Wheeler:

   We don't back down from much. There's something to be said for keeping your composure this time of year, if you have to take a punch early in the game like Stu-ee did to get a power-play goal, those are the things that factor into wins.

5. Chris Barron:

   The president does punch back, and I think that it is highly unlikely that he's simply going to take incoming from his political rivals who again view this tragedy as a club by which to beat the president about the head.