Punch

English Meaning

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.

1. A tool for circular or other piercing: a leather punch.
2. A tool for forcing a pin, bolt, or rivet in or out of a hole.
3. A tool for stamping a design on a surface.
4. A tool for making a countersink.
5. To use a punch or use a punch on.
6. To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.
7. To poke or prod with a stick.
8. Western U.S. To herd (cattle).
9. 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.
10. Baseball To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.
11. A blow with the fist.
12. Vigor or drive. See Synonyms at vigor.
13. punch in To check in formally at a job upon arrival.
14. punch out To check out formally at a job upon departure.
15. punch out To knock unconscious with a punch.
16. punch out Slang To eject from a military aircraft.
17. beat to the punch To make the first decisive move: a marketing team that beat all the competitors to the punch.
18. A beverage of fruit juices and sometimes a soft drink or carbonated water, often spiced and mixed with a wine or liquor base.