Definition of Puch
Punch, the name of the chief character in a well-known puppet show
of Italian origin, and appropriated as the title of the leading English
comic journal, which is accompanied with illustrations conceived in a
humorous vein and conducted in satire, from a liberal Englishman's
standpoint, of the follies and weaknesses of the leaders of public
opinion and fashion in modern social life. It was started in 1841 under
the editorship of Henry Mayhew and Mark Lemon; and the wittiest literary
men of the time as well as the cleverest artists have contributed to its
pages, enough to mention of the former Thackeray, Douglas Jerrold, and
Tom Hood, and of the latter Doyle, Leech, Tenniel, Du Maurier, and
Lindley Sambourne.
- Wikipedia
{ Center, or Centre, punch }.
(Mech.) (a) A punch for making
indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between
lathe centers, etc. (b) A punch for
punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure
correct locating.
Punch (?), n. [Hind. pānch
five, Skr. pa&?;can. So called because composed of five
ingredients, viz., sugar, arrack, spice, water, and lemon juice. See
Five.] 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.
Milk punch, a sort of punch made with spirit,
milk, sugar, spice, etc. -- Punch bowl, a
large bowl in which punch is made, or from which it is served. --
Roman punch, a punch frozen and served as an
ice.
Punch, n. [Abbrev, fr.
punchinello.] The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet
show.
Punch and Judy, a puppet show in which a
comical little hunchbacked Punch, with a large nose, engages in
altercation with his wife Judy.
Punch (?), n. [Prov. E. Cf.
Punchy.] 1. A short, fat fellow; anything
short and thick.
I . . . did hear them call their fat child
punch, which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word
of common use for all that is thick and short.
Pepys.
2. One of a breed of large, heavy draught
horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
Punch, v. t. [OE. punchen,
perhaps the same word as E. punish: or cf. E. bunch.]
To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end
of a stick or the elbow.
Punch, n. A thrust or blow.
[Colloq.]
Punch, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.]
1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at
one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for
perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow
and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens,
jewelry, and the like; a die.
2. (Pile Driving) An extension piece
applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
3. A prop, as for the roof of a
mine.
Bell punch. See under Bell. --
Belt punch (Mach.), a punch, or punch
pliers, for making holes for lacings in the ends of driving
belts. -- Punch press. See Punching
machine, under Punch, v. i. --
Punch pliers, pliers having a tubular, sharp-
edged steel punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating
leather, paper, and the like.
Punch, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Punched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Punching.] [From Punch, n., a tool;
cf. F. poinçonner.] To perforate or stamp with an
instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to
punch ticket.
Punching machine, or Punching
press, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or
other material; -- called also punch press.
{ Center, or Centre, punch }.
(Mech.) (a) A punch for making
indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between
lathe centers, etc. (b) A punch for
punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure
correct locating.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PUNCH. A liquor called by foreigners Contradiction, from
its being composed of spirits to make it strong, water to
make it weak, lemon juice to make it sour, and sugar to
make it sweet. Punch is also the name of the prince of
puppets, the chief wit and support of a puppet-show.
To punch it, is a cant term for running away. Punchable;
old passable money, anno 1695. A girl that is ripe for
man is called a punchable wench. Cobler's Punch.
Urine with a cinder in it.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- (countable) An hit or strike with one's fist.
- (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.
- (uncountable) A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
- (uncountable) Power; impact; strength; oomph.
- To strike something or someone with one's fist.
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- To accelerate.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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