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Definition of Punch out
1. Verb. Register one's departure from work.
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
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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