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punchnoun1 the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effectthe real punch of the speech came in its closing lines cogency, effectiveness, force, forcefulness, impact, point payoffimportance, significanceappeal, attraction, charm, fascination active strength of body or mindwe're going to need a candidate with real punch if voters are ever going to get excited about this election beans, bounce, brio, dash, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto, hardihood, juice, life, moxie, oomph, pep, sap, snap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zip animal spirits, animation, briskness, jauntiness, liveliness, snappiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunk, spunkiness, vibrance, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacityardor, élan, fervor, fire, passion, zealmain, metal, mettle, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, stamina, strengthbrawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, sturdiness, virilityhealth, healthiness, soundness, verdure, wellness lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity indolence, lazinessdebilitation, debility, delicacy, disablement, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, infirmity, powerlessness, puniness, slightness, softness, tenderness, weaknessenervation, exhaustion, inanition, prostration a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrumentthe poor palooka wasn't able to land a single punch on his opponent bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse(British), fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup(dialect), lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop(also whap) counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstrokebody blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercutcruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KObastinado(or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling(or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling(also pummelling), thrashingflogging, walloping, whip, whipping punchnoun2a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrumentold computers used to get information by reading the punches on a series of cards perforation, pinhole, pinprick, prick, puncture, stab gouge, groove, hollowbreak, cut, gash, incision, laceration, notch, rent, rip, rupture, slash, slit, tear punchverbto deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous mannerafter the man had punched the bartender for eighty-sixing him, bouncers stepped in and restrained him until the police could arrive bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, hit, knock, nail, paste, pound, rap, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste(or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, roughscuffbunt, flick, stroke, tapbump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stampbowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump(slang), fell, floor, knock down, levelrabbit-punch, sucker punchcane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whipbean, brain, conk, skull hang one on to make a hole or series of holes inpunch a ticket bore, drill, hole, perforate, pierce, puncture, riddle broach, tappoke, prick, pricklepenetrateburrow (into), excavate, gouge, groove, hollowbreak, cut, gash, notch, rend, rupture, slash, slit, split fill, patch, plug, seal to urge, push, or force onwardcowboys punching cattle drive, herd, run shepherdwrangleegg, exhort, flog, goad, hound, press, prick, prod, prompt, scourge, spur, whip in the 14th century |