…a device or machine for making holes in materials such as paper, leather, or metal…
…a drink made from wine or spirits mixed with water, fruit juices, spices, etc., and typically served hot…
…a grotesque, hook-nosed humpbacked buffoon, the chief male character of the Punch and Judy puppet show. Punch is the English variant of a stock character derived ultimately from Italian commedia dell’arte…
…a grotesque, hook-nosed humpbacked buffoon, the chief male character of the Punch and Judy puppet show. Punch is the English variant of a stock character derived ultimately from Italian commedia dell’arte…
…a device for punching holes in sheets of paper, so that they can be filed in a ring binder…
…a tool hit with a hammer to sink the head of a nail below a surface…
…a tool consisting of a metal rod with a conical point for making an indentation, to allow a drill to make a hole at the same spot without slipping…
…a sharp chop with the edge of the hand to the back of the neck…
…an English puppet show presented on the miniature stage of a tall collapsible booth traditionally covered with striped canvas. The show was probably introduced from the Continent in the 17th century. Punch is on the manipulator’s right hand, remaining on stage all the time, while the left hand provides a series of characters—baby, wife (Judy), priest, doctor, policeman, hangman—for him to nag, beat, and finally kill…
…deliberately undertake particular assignments that are likely to lead to promotion at work…
…engage in an activity or contest perceived as being beyond one’s abilities…
…enter information by punching a button or key on a machine…
…anticipate or forestall someone’s actions…
…a device for transferring data by means of punched holes or notches on a series of cards or paper tape…
