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  • 21Punch (metalworking) — A punch is a hard metal rod with a shaped tip at one end and a blunt butt end at the other that is usually struck by a hammer. A variety of punches are used in engineering, but often the purpose is to form an impression of the tip on a workpiece …

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  • 22punch — punch1 [ pʌntʃ ] verb transitive * 1. ) to hit someone or something with your FIST (=closed hand), usually as hard as you can: Two men punched him, knocking him to the ground. She punched her pillow angrily. a ) to press a button or switch: David …

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  • 23punch */ — I UK [pʌntʃ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms punch : present tense I/you/we/they punch he/she/it punches present participle punching past tense punched past participle punched 1) to hit someone or something with your fist (= closed hand),… …

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  • 24punch — [[t]pʌ̱ntʃ[/t]] ♦♦♦ punches, punching, punched 1) VERB If you punch someone or something, you hit them hard with your fist. [V n] After punching him on the chin she wound up hitting him over the head... [V n] He punched the wall angrily, then… …

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  • 25punch — 1. v. & n. v. & tr. 1 strike bluntly, esp. with a closed fist. 2 prod or poke with a blunt object. 3 a pierce a hole in (metal, paper, a ticket, etc.) as or with a punch. b pierce (a hole) by punching. 4 US drive (cattle) by prodding with a stick …

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  • 26punch — punch1 verb 1》 strike with the fist. 2》 press (a button or key on a machine).     ↘(punch in or out) N. Amer. (of an employee) clock in (or out). 3》 N. Amer. drive (cattle) by prodding them with a stick. noun 1》 a blow with the fist. 2》 informal… …

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  • 27Punch-Drunk Love — Infobox Film name = Punch Drunk Love image size = caption = theatrical poster director = Paul Thomas Anderson producer = Paul Thomas Anderson Daniel Lupi Joanne Sellar writer = Paul Thomas Anderson narrator = starring = Adam Sandler Emily Watson… …

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  • 28hole — Synonyms and related words: Augean stables, Babylon, CAT, Gomorrah, Sodom, abode, abri, abysm, abyss, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, alveolation, alveolus, antre, antrum, aperture, area, armpit, arroyo, asylum, auger,… …

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  • 29Punch press — A punch press is a type of machine press used to cut holes in material. It can be small and manually operated and hold one simple die set, or be very large, CNC operated, with a multi station turret and hold a much larger and complex die set.… …

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  • 30punch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good, hard, powerful ▪ killer (BrE, figurative), knockout ▪ Aluko landed a knockout punch …

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