2. Noun. (context: gerund of punch) An incident in which someone is punched ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Punching
1. punch [v] - See also: punch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punching
Literary usage of Punching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1892)
"Another bar broke after it had taken a decided set on cold bending. At a cherry
red the bars could be forged.í The Effect of punching on Soft Steel—Mr. CH ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The fact that some kinds of treatment, as shearing and punching, flanging and
bending, ... For average girder and bridge work the practice of punching and ..."
3. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference-book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"It ia possible to remove the bad effects of punching by subsequent reaming or
... of the construction of steam-boilers with steel plates; punching in stich ..."
4. The Mechanical Engineering of Steam Power Plants by Frederic Remsen Hutton (1908)
"punching and Drilling. The holes in the plate to receive the rivets may be made
by punching, by drilling, or by punching out a small hole and enlarging it ..."
5. The Mechanical Engineering of Steam Power Plants by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1908)
"punching and Drilling. The holes in the plate to receive the rivets may be made
by punching, by drilling, or by punching out a small hole and enlarging it ..."
6. Machine Design by Forrest Robert Jones (1899)
"By reaming out the holes after punching, the effects of punching are nearly or quite
... The effects of punching can also be partly, sometimes completely, ..."
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