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Punch and Judy

Punch and Judy noun: a traditional sideshow often found at seaside resorts, consisting of various glove puppets operated by one person in a small tent-style booth theatre.

Noun

Punch and Judy (plural Punch and Judies)

  1. A traditional sideshow often found at seaside resorts, consisting of various glove puppets operated by one person in a small tent-style booth theatre.
  2. (attributive) A two-sided ideological battle, or contradictory arguing.
    • Like all binary debates, while it's certainly true that questions about public service broadcasting and the role of the BBC have risen up the agenda recently, it is easy, even from the offices of the BBC in White City, to get stuck in a Punch and Judy discourse.2008 July 21, Mark Thompson., “How much money does the BBC need?”, in The Guardian

Forms of Punch and Judy

pluralPunch and Judies

Questions about Punch and Judy

What does Punch and Judy mean?
Punch and Judy means a traditional sideshow often found at seaside resorts, consisting of various glove puppets operated by one person in a small tent-style booth theatre.
What part of speech is Punch and Judy?
Punch and Judy is a noun.
What is the plural of Punch and Judy?
The plural of Punch and Judy is Punch and Judies.

Words near Punch and Judy in the dictionary

  1. punces
  2. punch
  3. punch above
  4. punch above one's weight
  5. Punch and Judies
  6. Punch and Judy
  7. punch bag
  8. punch bags
  9. punch below one's weight
  10. punch block
  11. punch blocks

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