Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 147

Punch (n.) To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.

Punching machine, or Punching press, A machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; -- called also punch press.

Punch (n.) (Boxing) A blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug].

Punch (n.) An iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl.

Punch (n.) A tool for making holes or indentations [syn: punch, puncher].

Punch (v.) Deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach" [syn: punch, plug].

Punch (v.) Drive forcibly as if by a punch; "the nail punched through the wall".

Punch (v.) Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; "perforate the sheets of paper" [syn: punch, perforate].

Puncheon (n.) A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.

Puncheon (n.) (Carp.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud. -- Oxf. Gloss.

Puncheon (n.) A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons. [U.S.] -- Bartlett.

Puncheon (n.) A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.

Puncher (n.) One who, or that which, punches.

Puncher (n.) A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd].

Puncher (n.) Someone who delivers punches.

Puncher (n.) A tool for making holes or indentations [syn: punch, puncher].

Punchin (n.) See Puncheon.

Punchinello (n.) A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked. -- Spectator.

Punchy (a.) Short and thick, or fat. Punctated

Punctated (a.) Alt. of Punctated.

Punctated (a.) Pointed; ending in a point or points.

Punctated (a.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits.

Punctator (n.) One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite.

Puncticular (a.) Comprised in, or like, a point; exact.

Punctiform (a.) Having the form of a point.

Punctilios (n. pl. ) of Punctilio.

Punctilio (n.) A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony.

They will not part with the least punctilio in their opinions and practices. -- Fuller.

Punctilio (n.) A fine point of etiquette or petty formality.

Punctilio (n.) Strict observance of formalities.

Punctilious (a.) 精密細心的；一絲不苟的；拘謹的 Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars. "A punctilious observance of divine laws." -- Rogers. "Very punctilious copies of any letters." -- The Nation.

Punctilious in the simple and intelligible instances of common life. -- I. Taylor. -- Punc*til"ious*ly, adv. -- Punc*til"ious*ness, n.

Punctilious (a.) Marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette" [syn: meticulous, punctilious].

Punctilious (a.) - Punctiliously (adv.), - Punctiliousness (n.) : Very careful about behaving properly and doing things in a correct and accurate way.

Punctilious (a.) Marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions.

Punctilious (a.) (Formal) 一絲不苟的；循規蹈矩的 Very careful to behave correctly or to give attention to details.

// He was always punctilious in his manners.

Punction (n.) A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture.

Punctist (n.) A punctator. -- E. Henderson.

Puncto (n.) A nice point of form or ceremony. -- Bacon.

Puncto (n.) A term applied to the point in fencing. -- Farrow.

Punctual (a.) Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended. [R.] "This punctual spot." -- Milton.

The theory of the punctual existence of the soul. -- Krauth.

Punctual (a.) Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.

Punctual to tediousness in all that he relates. -- Bp. Burnet.

So much on punctual niceties they stand. -- C. Pitt.

Punctual (a.) Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual payment. "The race of the undeviating and punctual sun." -- Cowper.

These sharp strokes [of a pendulum], with their inexorably steady intersections, so agree with our successive thoughts that they seem like the punctual stops counting off our very souls into the past. -- J. Martineau.

Punctual (a.) Acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment" [ant: unpunctual].

Punctualist (n.) One who is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies. -- Milton.

Punctuality (n.) The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.

Punctuality (n.) The quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time [syn: punctuality, promptness] [ant: tardiness].

Punctually (adv.) In a punctual manner; promptly; exactly.

Punctually (adv.) At the proper time; "she was duly apprised of the raise" [syn: punctually, duly].

Punctualness (n.) Punctuality; exactness.

Punctuated (imp. & p. p.) of Punctuate.

Punctuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Punctuate.

Punctuate (v. t.) To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.

Punctuate (v.) Insert punctuation marks into [syn: punctuate, mark]

Punctuate (v.) To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate].

Punctuate (v.) Interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone".

Punctuation (n.) (Gram.) [U] 標點法；標點；（全部）標點符號 The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning.

Note: Punctuation, as the term is usually understood, is chiefly performed with four points: the period [.], the colon [:], the semicolon [;], and the comma [,]. Other points used in writing and printing, partly rhetorical and partly grammatical, are the note of interrogation [?], the note of exclamation [!], the parentheses [()], the dash [--], and brackets []. It was not until the 16th century that an approach was made to the present system of punctuation by the Manutii of Venice. With Caxton, oblique strokes took the place of commas and periods.

Punctuation (n.) Something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions.

Punctuation (n.) The marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases [syn: punctuation, punctuation mark].

Punctuation (n.) The use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases.

Punctuative (a.) Of or belonging to points of division; relating to punctuation.

Punctuator (n.) One who punctuates, as in writing; specifically, a punctator.

Punctuist (n.) A punctator.

Punctulate (a.) Alt. of Punctulated.

Punctulated (a.) Marked with small spots.

Punctum (n.) A point.

Puncturation (n.) The act or process of puncturing. See Acupuncture.

Puncture (n.) The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.

Puncture (n.) A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin.

Punctured (imp. & p. p.) of Puncture.

Puncturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puncture.

Puncture (v. t.) To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.

Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.

Punctured (a.) Produced by puncture; having the characteristics of a puncture; as, a punctured wound.

Pundit (n.) A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official.

Pundle (n.) A short and fat woman; a squab.

Punese (n.) A bedbug.

Pung (n.) A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners.

Pungence (n.) Pungency.

Pungency (n.) The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.

Pungent (a.) （氣味等） 有刺激性的；辣的；辛辣的；尖刻的 Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.

Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. -- Shenstone.

The pungent grains of titillating dust. -- Pope.

Pungent (a.) Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.

With pungent pains on every side. -- Swift.

His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation. -- J. R. Green.

Pungent (a.) (Bot.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.

Syn: Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen; acrimonious; biting; stinging.

Pungent (a.) Strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber" [syn: {pungent}, {acrid}].

Pungent (a.) Capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {barbed}, {biting}, {nipping}, {pungent}, {mordacious}].

Pungently (adv.) In a pungent manner; sharply.

Pungle (v.) (Regional, US, West) (Informal)  (With object) 付 (錢)；捐 (錢) To hand over or come up with (money); to ‘shell out’. Also without object. Usually with down or up.

Pungle (v. t.) To make a payment or contribution of (money)  -- usually used with  up.

Pungle (v. i.)  Pay, contribute  --  usually used with  up.

Did You Know?

Pungle  is from the Spanish word  pongale,  meaning "put it down," which itself is from  poner,  meaning "to put" or "to place," or more specifically "to contribute money." The earliest uses of "pungle" are from the 1850s and are in reference to anteing up in games of chance. It did not take long for the word to be used in other contexts. It was in Huckleberry Finn's deadbeat dad's vocabulary: "I'll make [Judge Thatcher] pungle, too, or I'll know the reason why," Huck quotes his father in Mark Twain's famous novel. Nowadays, "pungle" is mainly used in the western part of the United States.

Pungled (a.) Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium).

Pungy (n.) A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails.

Punic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.

Punic (a.) Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; as, Punic faith.

Punice (n.) See Punese.

Punice (v. t.) To punish.

Puniceous (a.) Alt. of Punicial.

Punicial (a.) Of a bright red or purple color.

Puniness (n.) The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness.

Punished (imp. & p. p.) of Punish.

Punishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Punish.

Punish (v. t.) 罰；懲罰，處罰 [（+for）]；【口】折磨；損害 To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.

Punish (v. t.) To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.

Punish (v. t.) To injure, as by beating; to pommel.

Punishable (a.) Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.

Punisher (n.) One who inflicts punishment.

Punishment (n.) 處罰，懲罰；刑罰 [U] [C]；【口】嚴厲對待，虐待；痛擊 [U] The act of punishing.

Punishment (n.) Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense.

Punishment (n.) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention.

Punishment (n.) (Crime) (B2) [ C or U ] 懲罰，處罰；受罰 The act of punishing someone.

// Many people think that the death penalty is too severe a punishment for any crime.

// (Formal) It was always our father who administered/ meted out punishments.

// Drink-driving is one case in which severe punishment seems to work as a deterrent.

Punishment (n.) (Bad treatment) [ U ] 粗暴的對待，糟蹋，折磨 Rough treatment.

// These trucks are designed to take a lot of punishment.

Punition (n.) Punishment.

Punitive (a.) Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.

Punitory (a.) Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.

Punk (n.) Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.

Punk (n.) A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric.

Punk (n.) An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.

Punk (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet.

Punka (n.) A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord.

Punkin (n.) A pumpkin.

Punkling (n.) A young strumpet.

Punner (n.) A punster.

Punnet (n.) A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers.

Punnology (n.) The art or practice of punning; paronomasia.

Punster (n.) One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit.

Punt (v. i.) To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.

Punt (n.) Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.

Punt (n.) A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.

Punt (v. t.) To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion.

Punt (v. t.) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.

Punt (n.) The act of punting the ball.

Punter (v. t.) One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro.

Punter (n.) One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.

Puntil (n.) Alt. of Puntel.

Puntel (n.) See Pontee.

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