punched out; punching out; punches out
1
: to record the time of one's stopping work or departure by punching a time clock
2
: to bail out of an aircraft using an ejection seat
Synonyms
Verb
- bash
- baste
- bat
- batter
- beat
- belabor
- belt
- birch
- bludgeon
- buffet
- bung up
- club
- curry
- do
- drub
- fib [British]
- flog
- hammer
- hide
- lace
- lambaste
- lambast
- lash
- lather
- lick
- maul
- mess (up)
- paddle
- pelt
- pommel
- pound
- pummel
- rough (up)
- slate
- slog
- switch
- tan
- thrash
- thresh
- thump
- tromp
- wallop
- whale
- whip
- whop
- whap
- whup
- work over
Examples of punch-out in a Sentence
Verb
you should take a course in anger management—you can't go around punching out people
Recent Examples on the Web
Ewan Spence, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
And if that first goal showed off all the speed and skill that Smith possesses, the second one showed off her grit and determination, coming in stoppage time just before halftime, when Smith pushed back a punch-out from Vietnam’s heroic keeper Tran Thi Kim Thanh.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Minutes after the ball dropped in Times Square to ring in the new year, Casse was punched out in front of Ben Benson’s steakhouse on W. 52nd St.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
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Noun
Also featured are two selfie cameras, one on the cover display in a regular punch-out hole and a second under-display camera for the inner display.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
And if that first goal showed off all the speed and skill that Smith possesses, the second one showed off her grit and determination, coming in stoppage time just before halftime, when Smith pushed back a punch-out from Vietnam’s heroic keeper Tran Thi Kim Thanh.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
Verb
Sale punched out his 11th and 12th Giants in the seventh inning.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Minutes after the ball dropped in Times Square to ring in the new year, Casse was punched out in front of Ben Benson’s steakhouse on W. 52nd St.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Punch-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch-out. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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