Слово англійською: punch
Дієслово
Переклад punch українською: уда́рити кулако́м кого́, компостирувати, штампувати, пробивати отвори
Детальний опис
- to hit somebody/something hard with your fist (= closed hand)
- punch somebody/something He was kicked and punched as he lay on the ground.
- He was punching the air in triumph.
- punch somebody/something in/on something She punched him on the nose.
- to make a hole in something with a punch or some other sharp object
- punch something to punch a time card
- punch something in/through something The machine punches a row of holes in the metal sheet.
- punch something to press buttons or keys on a computer, phone, etc. in order to operate it
- I punched the button to summon the elevator.
Word Originverb sense 1 and verb sense 3 late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘puncture, prod’): variant of pounce. verb sense 2 early 16th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of puncheon, or from the verb punch ‘hit somebody/something hard’.
Idioms - to be or try to be more successful than others in doing something that normally requires more skill, experience, money, etc. than you have
- This player seems to be able to constantly punch above her weight.
- He punched above his weight as the party’s foreign affairs spokesman.
Phrasal Verbs- punch in
- punch into
- punch out
- punch up