punch

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. strike, hit, poke, beat, knock; puncture, perforate, pierce.

See impulse, opening.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A blow]

Syn. thrust, knock, stroke; see blow 1 .

2. [An instrument for denting or perforating].

Types of punches include: blacksmith's, cooper's, nail, leather, ticket, duplex, center, drift, belt, blanking, culling, forming, drawing, redrawing, bending, coining, embossing, extruding, curling, seeming, trimming, doming, tracer, grounder, planisher, perloir, beading; see also tool 1 . v.

1. [To hit]

Syn. strike, knock, thrust against; see hit 1 .

2. [To perforate]

Syn. pierce, puncture, bore; see penetrate 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. hit belt, blow, uppercut, jab, *one-two, *Sunday punch, cuff, *clip, thump, *clout, *smack, *sockdolager.

2. force wallop, impact, bite, *oomph.

II

v.

hit, belt, jab, cuff, *clip, thump, pummel, *clout, *smack, *one-two, uppercut.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand: box2, buffet, bust, cuff, slap, smack1, spank, swat, whack. Informal: clip1, spat. See ATTACK, STRIKE. II noun 1. A quick, sharp blow, especially with the hand: box2, buffet, bust, chop1, cuff, slap, smack1, smacker, spank, swat, whack. Informal: clip1, spat. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 2. A quality of active mental and physical force-fulness: dash, starch, verve, vigor, vigorousness, vim, vitality. Informal: snap. Idiom: vim and vigor. See ACTION, TIRED. 3. An aggressive readiness along with energy to undertake taxing efforts: drive, enterprise, hustle, initiative. Informal: get-up-and-go, gumption, push. See ACTION, TIRED, TRY. 4. Informal A stimulating or intoxicating effect: Informal: sting, wallop. Slang: kick. See DRUGS. 5. Informal. The capacity to create a powerful effect: impact. Informal: wallop. See AFFECT.