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punces

punces is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 punces

What is punces the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Punces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of punce.

Words near punces in the dictionary

  1. Puncak Jaya
  2. punce
  3. punced
  4. puncept
  5. puncepts
  6. punces
  7. punch
  8. punch above
  9. punch above one's weight
  10. Punch and Judies
  11. Punch and Judy

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