| pun | (noun) a humorous play on words | Synonyms: paronomasia, punning, wordplay |
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| (verb) make a play on words | - |
| punch | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: biff, clout, lick, poke, slug |
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| (noun) a tool for making holes or indentations | Synonyms: puncher |
| (noun) an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl | - |
| (verb) deliver a quick blow to | Synonyms: plug |
| (verb) make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation | Synonyms: perforate |
| (verb) drive forcibly as if by a punch | - |
| punchable | (adjective) deserving of being punched | - |
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| punchayet | (noun) a village council in India or southern Pakistan | Synonyms: panchayat, panchayet |
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| punchball | (noun) an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing | Synonyms: punch bag, punching bag, punching ball |
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| punchboard | (noun) a small board full of holes; each hole contains a slip of paper with symbols printed on it; a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prize | - |
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| puncher | (noun) a tool for making holes or indentations | Synonyms: punch |
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| (noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cowhand, cowherd, cowpoke, cowpuncher |
| (noun) someone who delivers punches | - |
| punctilio | (noun) strict observance of formalities | - |
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| (noun) a fine point of etiquette or petty formality | - |
| punctilious | (adjective) marked by precise accordance with details | Synonyms: meticulous |
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| punctiliously | (adverb) in a punctilious manner | - |
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| punctiliousness | (noun) strict attention to minute details | Synonyms: meticulosity, meticulousness, scrupulousness |
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| punctual | (adjective) acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed | Synonyms: on time |
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| punctuality | (noun) the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time | Synonyms: promptness |
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| punctually | (adverb) at the expected or proper time | Synonyms: on time |
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| punctuate | (verb) insert punctuation marks into | Synonyms: mark |
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| (verb) interrupt periodically | - |
| (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, stress |
| punctuation | (noun) the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases | - |
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| (noun) the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases | Synonyms: punctuation mark |
| (noun) something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions | - |
| punctum | (noun) (anatomy) a point or small area | - |
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| puncturable | (adjective) capable of being punctured | - |
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| puncture | (noun) the act of puncturing or perforating | - |
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| (noun) a small hole made by a sharp object | - |
| (noun) loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object | - |
| (verb) cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing | - |
| (verb) be pierced or punctured | - |
| (verb) reduce or lessen the size or importance of | Synonyms: deflate |
| (verb) pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into | - |
| (verb) make by piercing | - |
| punctured | (adjective) having a hole cut through | Synonyms: perforate, perforated, pierced |
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| punctureless | (adjective) being without punctures or incapable of being punctured | - |
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| pundit | (noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field | Synonyms: initiate, learned person, savant |
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| pung | (noun) a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners | - |
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| pungapung | (noun) putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber | Synonyms: Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, telingo potato |
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| pungency | (noun) a strong odor or taste property | Synonyms: bite, raciness, sharpness |
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| (noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality | Synonyms: bite |
| pungent | (adjective) capable of wounding | Synonyms: barbed, biting, mordacious, nipping |
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| (adjective) strong and sharp | Synonyms: acrid |
| pungently | (adverb) with a pungent taste or smell | - |
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| (adverb) with pungency; in a pungent manner | - |
| punic | (adjective) tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | Synonyms: perfidious, treacherous |
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| punily | (adverb) in a puny manner | - |
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| puniness | (noun) smallness of stature | Synonyms: runtiness, stuntedness |
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| (noun) the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous | Synonyms: pettiness, slightness, triviality |
| punish | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalise, penalize |
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| punishable | (adjective) liable to or deserving punishment | - |
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| (adjective) (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law | Synonyms: penal |
| punished | (adjective) subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience) | - |
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| punishing | (adjective) resulting in punishment | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome |
| punishingly | (adverb) in a punishing manner | - |
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| punishment | (noun) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty | Synonyms: penalisation, penalization, penalty |
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| punitive | (adjective) inflicting punishment | Synonyms: punitory |
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| punitively | (adverb) in a way intended to punish | Synonyms: penally, punitorily |
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| punitorily | (adverb) in a way intended to punish | Synonyms: penally, punitively |
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| punitory | (adjective) inflicting punishment | Synonyms: punitive |
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| punk | (adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy | Synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, sleazy, tinny |
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| (noun) rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock | Synonyms: punk rock |
| (noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie |
| (noun) a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture | Synonyms: punk rocker |
| (noun) substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks) | - |
| (noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: kindling, spunk, tinder, touchwood |
| punkah | (noun) a large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling; used in India for circulating air in a room | - |
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| punkey | (noun) minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects | Synonyms: biting midge, no-see-um, punkie, punky |
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| punkie | (noun) minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects | Synonyms: biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punky |
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| punks | (noun) a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes) | - |
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| punky | (noun) minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects | Synonyms: biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punkie |
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| punnet | (noun) a small light basket used as a measure for fruits | - |
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| punning | (noun) a humorous play on words | Synonyms: paronomasia, pun, wordplay |
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| punny | (adjective) provoking laughter by means of word play | - |
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| punster | (noun) someone overly fond of making puns | - |
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| punt | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: Irish pound, Irish punt, pound |
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| (noun) (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground | Synonyms: punting |
| (noun) an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole | - |
| (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, game, stake |
| (verb) propel with a pole | Synonyms: pole |
| (verb) kick the ball | - |
| punter | (noun) (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground | - |
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| (noun) someone who bets | Synonyms: better, bettor, wagerer |
| (noun) someone who propels a boat with a pole | - |
| punting | (noun) (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground | Synonyms: punt |
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| puny | (adjective) (used especially of persons) of inferior size | Synonyms: runty, shrimpy |
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| (adjective) inferior in strength or significance | - |