punching
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/, [ˈpən(t)ʃɪŋ]
- Hyphenation: punch‧ing
Verb
[edit]punching
- present participle and gerund of punch
Noun
[edit]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[1], 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.