Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

punchable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: punch-able
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Suitable for being punched or perforated.

adj

Deserving to be punched or struck, or evoking the desire to do so.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"a material that is punchable at low temperatures"
"He has an eminently punchable face!"
"“An emotion is something that you construct in your own brain,” Barrett said, as is perception. Shkreli’s face scans as punchable to so many because of this tendency to “experience the emotion to be a property of the thing in the world and not your own experience.”"

Etymology

From punch + -able.

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more punchable (comparative) most punchable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unpunchable

Synonyms

punchworthy

Questions

What does punchable mean?: Suitable for being punched or perforated.
Where does punchable come from?: From punch + -able.

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