punching
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/, [ˈpən(t)ʃɪŋ]
- Hyphenation: punch‧ing
Noun
punching (countable and uncountable, plural punchings)
- gerund of punch
- An incident in which someone is punched.
- 2009 January 25, Evonne Barry, “Booze and the trail of violence”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 12 February 2009:
- Over the past four years, the rate of "interpersonal" attacks and "penetrating injuries" – such as stabbings, glassings, punchings, beatings – has doubled, he said.
- The process of making holes in something (for example, a leather belt or a rail ticket).
- An incident in which someone is punched.
Derived terms
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