Definition of Punch out

1. Verb. Register one's departure from work.

Exact synonyms: Clock Off, Clock Out
Generic synonyms: Report
Antonyms: Clock In, Punch In

Definition of Punch out

1. Verb. To repeatedly hit a person ¹

2. Verb. To hit so they become unconscious (knocked out) ¹

3. Verb. To use a punch to remove a piece of material or to remove a piece already scored. ¹

4. Verb. To eject from an airplane. ¹

5. Verb. (baseball) To rule (by an umpire) that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically. ¹

6. Verb. (baseball) To throw a called third strike. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To leave a workplace by punching a timecard ¹

8. Noun. (baseball) An instance of a called third strike. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Punch Out

punch buggy
punch card
punch cards
punch clock
punch clocks
punch drunk
punch fisted
punch fisting
punch fists
punch in
punch line
punch lines
punch list
punch lists
punch out
punch outs
punch pliers
punch press
punch up
punchable
punchayet
punchbag
punchbags
punchball
punchboard
punchboards
punchbowl
punchbowls

Literary usage of Punch out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Salesmanagement: A Practical Handbook and Guide by Justus George Frederick (1919)
"Getting Power and Punch. Out of Advertising. — There is a great deal <of advertising of many kinds done to-day by both manufacturer and dealer, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Or gang dies could be made, to punch out say 10 holes at a time, while another pair of gang dies at a following operation punched out the 10 washers ..."

3. The American Kennel Club Stud-book by American Kennel Club (1901)
"Whelped September 29, 1000; brindle and white. By Rags (49914, Vol. XV.). out of Rosa, by Kenyon's Punch, out of Squantum Nance, by Punch. out of Maud; ..."

4. The American Kennel Club Stud-book by American Kennel Club (1880)
"3, 1888; by Punch, out of Young Luce, by Duke, out of Old Luce, by General III., out of Flora; Duke, by Belcher, out of Young Luce; Punch, by Charmer, ..."

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