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punced

punced is the simple past and past participle of punce.

Meaning of punce

Verb

punce (third-person singular simple present punces, present participle puncing, simple past and past participle punced)

  1. (Northern England, obsolete, Lancashire) To fight by kicking with clogs.
    • Cock-fighting and dog-fighting were often eclipsed by a fight between two men in the old Lancashire style, stripped to the skin with the exception of a pair of clogs, striking, wrestling, "puncing," now up, now down, for the fight was continued on the ground until the vanquished one cried off....1891, Alfred Burton, Rush-bearing, page 160

Questions about punced

What is punced the simple past and past participle of?
Punced is the simple past and past participle of punce.

Words near punced in the dictionary

  1. punarnavoside
  2. punas
  3. punatoo
  4. Puncak Jaya
  5. punce
  6. punced
  7. puncept
  8. puncepts
  9. punces
  10. punch
  11. punch above

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