noun

• (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
  "Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot."
• (countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist.
  "For in Tashbaan there is only one traffic regulation, which is that everyone who is less important has to get out of the way for everyone who is more important; unless you want a cut from a whip or a punch from the butt end of a spear."
• (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
  "The tornado is finally losing its punch."
• (uncountable) Impact.

verb

• (transitive) To strike with one's fist.
  "If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose."
• (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
• (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
  "As night watchman he was required to punch a watchman's clock; the stations were scattered all over the place."
• (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.

noun

• (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
• (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
• (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
• (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.

noun

• (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.