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.
Compare: Puncheon
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.
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.) (Nat. Hist.) 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. -- E. Robinson.
Puncticular (a.) Comprised in, or like, a point; exact. [Obs. & R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
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.
Punctuation, () construction. The act or method of placing points (q.v.) in a written or printed instrument.
Punctuation, () By the word point is here understood all the points in grammar, as the comma, the semicolon, the colon, and the like.
Punctuation, () All such instruments are to be construed without any regard to the punctuation; and in a case of doubt, they ought to be construed in such a manner that they may have some effect, rather than in one in which they would be nugatory. Vide Toull. liv. 3, t. 2, c. 5, n. 430; 4 T. R. 65; Barringt. on the Stat. 394, n. Vide article Points.
Punctuative (a.) Of or belonging to points of division; relating to punctuation.
The punctuative intonation of feeble cadence. -- Rush.
Punctuator (n.) One who punctuates, as in writing; specifically, a punctator.
Punctuist (n.) A punctator. Punctulate
Punctulate (a.) Alt. of Punctulated.
Punctulated (a.) Marked with small spots.
The studs have their surface punctulated, as if set all over with other studs infinitely lesser. -- Woodward.
Punctum (n.) A point.
Punctum c[ae]cum. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as Blind spot, under Blind.
Punctum proximum, Near point. See under Point.
Punctum remotum, Far point. See under Point.
Punctum vegetationis [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), The terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates.
Punctum (n.) (Anatomy) A point or small area.
Puncturation (n.) The act or process of puncturing. See Acupuncture.
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.
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.
A lion may perish by the puncture of an asp. -- Rambler.
Puncture (n.) Loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object.
Puncture (n.) A small hole made by a sharp object.
Puncture (n.) The act of puncturing or perforating.
Puncture (v.) Pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire."
Puncture (v.) Make by piercing; "puncture a hole."
Puncture (v.) Reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: deflate, puncture].
Puncture (v.) Cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing; "puncture an air balloon."
Puncture (v.) Be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured."
Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.
Punctured (a.) (Med.) Produced by puncture; having the characteristics of a puncture; as, a punctured wound.
Punctured (a.) Having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" [syn: pierced, perforated, perforate, punctured].
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. [Written also pandit.] [India]
Pundit (n.) Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field [syn: initiate, learned person, pundit, savant].
Pundle (n.) A short and fat woman; a squab. [Obs.]
Punese (n.) (Zool.) A bedbug. [R or Obs.]
Pung (n.) A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners. [U.S.]
Sledges or pungs, coarsely framed of split saplings, and surmounted with a large crockery crate. -- Judd.
They did not take out the pungs to-day. -- E. E. Hale.
Pung (n.) A one-horse sleigh consisting of a 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. "The pungency of menaces." -- Hammond.
Pungency (n.) Wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" [syn: pungency, bite].
Pungency (n.) A strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"; "the raciness of the wine" [syn: pungency, bite, sharpness, raciness].
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.
Pungently (adv.) With pungency; in a pungent manner; "he wrote pungently about his contemporaries."
Pungently (adv.) With a pungent taste or smell; "the soup was pungently flavored."
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.
Yes, yes, his faith attesting nations own; 'T is Punic all, and to a proverb known. -- H. Brooke.
Punic (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language; "the Punic Wars"; "Carthaginian peace" [syn: Carthaginian, Punic].
Punic (a.) Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Pun icfaith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues" [syn: punic, perfidious, treacherous].
Punic (n.) The Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage
Punice (n.) (Zool.) See Punese. [Obs. or R.]
Punice (v. t.) To punish. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Puniceous
Puniceous (a.) Alt. of Punicial.
Punicial (a.) Of a bright red or purple color. [R.]
Puniness (n.) The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness.
Puniness (n.) The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous [syn: pettiness, triviality, slightness, puniness].
Puniness (n.) Smallness of stature [syn: puniness, runtiness, stuntedness].
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.
A greater power Now ruled him, punished in the shape he sinned. -- Milton.
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. [Low]
Punish (v. t.) To deal with roughly or harshly; -- chiefly used with regard to a contest; as, our troops punished the enemy. [Colloq. or Slang]
Syn: To chastise; castigate; scourge; whip; lash; correct; discipline. See Chasten.
Punish (v.) Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" [syn: punish, penalize, penalise].
Punishable (a.) Deserving of, or
liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of
person or offenses.
That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as
punishable as to be a traitor. -- Milton. -- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness, n.
Punishable (a.) Liable to or deserving punishment; "punishable offenses."
Punishable (a.) Subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense" [syn: penal, punishable].
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.
I never gave them condign punishment. --Shak.
The rewards and punishments of another life. -- Locke.
Punishment (n.) (Law) 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.) Severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. [Colloq. or Slang]
Punishment (n.) The act of punishing [syn: punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation].
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. [R.] --Mir. for Mag.
Punitive (a.) Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.
If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity
imposed upon man of toiling for his subsistence. -- I. Taylor.
We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand. -- Bagehot.
Punitive (a.) Inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages" [syn: punitive, punitory] [ant: rehabilitative].
Punitory (a.) Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.
God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory. -- A. Tucker.
Punitory (a.) Inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive
damages" [syn: punitive, punitory] [ant: rehabilitative].
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. [Obsoles.] -- Shak.
Punk (a.) Of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny].
Punk (n.) An aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie,
strong-armer].
Punk (n.) Substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks).
Punk (n.) Material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk].
Punk (n.) A teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture [syn: punk rocker, punk].
Punk (n.) Rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock [syn: punk rock, punk].
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. [Hindostan] [Written also punkah.] -- Malcom.
Punkin (n.) A pumpkin. [Colloq. U. S.]
Punkling (n.) A young strumpet. [Obs.]
Punner (n.) A punster. -- Beau. & Fl.
Punnet (n.) A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers.
Punnet (n.) A small light basket used as a measure for fruits.
Punnology (n.) The art or practice of punning; paronomasia. [R.] -- Pope.
Punster (n.) One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit.
Punster (n.) Someone overly fond of making puns.
Punt (n.) (Football) The act of punting the ball.
Punt (v. i.) To boat or hunt in a punt.
Punt (v. i.) To punt a football.
Punt (v. i.) To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.
She heard . . . of his punting at gaming tables. -- Thackeray.
Punt (n.) Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
Punt (n.) (Naut.) 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. -- Livingstone.
Punt (v. t.) (Football) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.
Punt (n.) Formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt, pound].
Punt (n.) An open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole.
Punt (n.) (Football) A kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game" [syn: punt, punting].
Punt (v.) Kick the ball.
Punt (v.) Propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge" [syn: punt, pole].
Punt (v.) Place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt].
Punt (v.) To give up, typically without any intention of retrying. ?Let's punt the movie tonight.? ?I was going to hack all night to get this feature in, but I decided to punt? may mean that you've decided not to stay up all night, and may also mean you're not ever even going to put in the feature.
Punt (v.) More specifically, to give up on figuring out what the Right Thing is and resort to an inefficient hack.
Punt (v.) A design decision to defer solving a problem, typically because one cannot define what is desirable sufficiently well to frame an algorithmic solution. ?No way to know what the right form to dump the graph in is ? we'll punt that for now.?
Punt (v.) To hand a tricky implementation problem off to some other section of the design. ?It's too hard to get the compiler to do that; let's punt to the runtime system.?
Punt (v.) To knock someone off an Internet or chat connection; a punter thus, is a person or program that does this.
Punt, () (From the punch line of an old joke referring to American football: "Drop back 15 yards and punt!") 1. To give up, typically without any intention of retrying. "Let's punt the movie tonight." "I was going to hack all night to get this feature in, but I decided to punt" may mean that you've decided not to stay up all night, and may also mean you're not ever even going to put in the feature.
Punt, () More specifically, to give up on figuring out what the Right Thing is and resort to an inefficient hack.
Punt, () A design decision to defer
solving a problem, typically because one cannot define what is desirable
sufficiently well to frame an algorithmic solution.
"No way to know what the right form to dump the graph in is - we'll punt
that for now."
Punt, () To hand a tricky implementation problem off to some other section
of the design. "It's too hard to get the compiler to do that;
let's punt to the run-time system." [{Jargon File]
Punter (v. t.) One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro. -- Hoyle.
Punter (n.) One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.
Punter (n.) (London Stock Exchange) A scalper. Puntil
Punter (n.) Someone who propels a boat with a pole.
Punter (n.) (Football) A person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground.
Punter (n.) Someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer, punter].
Compare: Pontee
Pontee (n.) (Glass Making) An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, puntil, puntel, punty, and ponty. See Fascet.
Puntil (n.) Alt. of Puntel.
Puntel (n.) (Glass Making) See Pontee.
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