Punch Nose Pʌntʃ Knockout Landed Drink Powerful Packs

• a punch in the face
• hill threw a punch at the police officer.
• a knockout punch
• he shot out his right arm and landed a punch on lorrimer's nose.

punch

1. a hard hit made with the fist (= closed hand)
• a punch in the face
• Hill threw a punch at the police officer.
• a knockout punch
• He shot out his right arm and landed a punch on Lorrimer's nose.
2. the power to interest people
• It's a well-constructed crime story, told with speed and punch.
3. a tool or machine for cutting holes in paper, leather or metal
• See related entries: In the office
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• a hole punch
4. a hot or cold drink made by mixing water, fruit juice, spices, and usually wine or another alcoholic drink
5. to get or do something before somebody else can
6. to be capable of hitting somebody very hard
7. to have a powerful effect on somebody
• The advertising campaign packs quite a punch.
8. to express something less strongly than you are able to, for example to avoid upsetting or shocking somebody
• Her articles certainly don't pull any punches.
9. to adapt yourself to a difficult situation

Extra Examples

• Be careful what you say or you’ll get a punch on the nose.
• He can throw a powerful punch.
• He pulled his punches to avoid hurting his sparring partner.
• He was knocked flat by a sucker punch.
• She gave him a punch on the nose.
• She pulls no punches.
• The X37 engine packs a powerful punch.
• The film packs a heavy emotional punch.
• This policy will deliver a knockout punch to the tourism industry
• a boxer who knows how to take a punch
• a punch in the stomach
• a punch to the jaw
• the devastating one-two punch of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• He landed a punch on Lorrimer’s nose.

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 2 late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘puncture, prod’): variant of pounce. noun sense 3 early 16th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of puncheon, or from the verb punch ‘hit somebody/something hard’. noun sense 4 mid 17th cent.: apparently from Sanskrit pañca ‘five, five kinds of’ (because the drink had five ingredients).