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      punches
      noun
      (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
      (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
      (uncountable) Impact.
      A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
      (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
      (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
      (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
      (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
      (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
      A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
      (British) A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show.
      A surname.
      Any butterfly of genus Dodona.
      A butterfly of the genus Dodona.
      Ellipsis of Suffolk Punch (“type of horse”). [A kind of English draught horse, chestnut in colour.]
      (countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist.
      (now rare, regional in later use) A short fat person.
      verb
      (transitive) To strike with one's fist.
      (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
      (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
      (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
      (transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).
      (transitive, winemaking) To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
      (transitive) To emphasize; to give emphasis to.
      (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To light marijuana in a bong.
      (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
      To thrust against; to poke.
      To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
      To mark a ticket.
      (intransitive, UK, slang) Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself. [(idiomatic) To (attempt to) achieve or perform at a higher level than would be expected based on one's preparation, attributes, rank, or past accomplishments.]
      adjective
      (now rare, Scotland and Northern England in later use) Short and thickset.
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