punch
/pʌnt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot."
- "For in Tashbaan there is only one traffic regulation, which is that everyone who is less important has to get out of the way for everyone who is more important; unless you want a cut from a whip or a punch from the butt end of a spear."
- "The tornado is finally losing its punch."
- "Nixon inadvertently took most of the punch out of the Red Scare by trekking to Peking and Moscow."
- "The theorizing often lacks punch and tightness, and that is because Kleinberg is unresolved about how to think about the facts, unsure which are the relevant facts, unsure that thinking itself will be liberating for him."
- "Has your ad copy plenty of punch?"
Etymology
From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon). Compare also Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *pewǵ-, punchen, ponchonner, punctio, punchoun, ponchon
Usage
Inflected Forms
punches (plural)
punches (present, singular)
punching (participle, present)
punched (participle, past)
punched (past)
punce (alternative)
pince (alternative)
more punch (comparative)
most punch (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
1-2 punch
air punch
beat somebody to the punch
beat to the punch
bell punch
button punch
caddy ole punch
card punch