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
Examples of punch-out in a Sentence
Verb
you should take a course in anger management—you can't go around punching out people
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Ewan Spence, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The hard-throwing lefty dominated across 72 appearances (72.0 innings), notching a 1.75 ERA and 1.13 WHIP with 84 punch-outs.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Sasaki continued his impressive strikeout record, punching out 11 over 7 2/3 innings.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Asus chose to have a punch-out camera and obscure part of the screen rather than mount it in a larger bezel, which shows how form has come ahead of function.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The hard-throwing lefty dominated across 72 appearances (72.0 innings), notching a 1.75 ERA and 1.13 WHIP with 84 punch-outs.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
Verb
The Yankees’ dugout couldn’t believe it, and things got worse when Boone disagreed with the next pitch, a slider that Beck believed caught the strike zone to punch out Judge.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Sasaki continued his impressive strikeout record, punching out 11 over 7 2/3 innings.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Punch-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch-out. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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