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punchable

punchable adjective: suitable for being punched or perforated.

Adjective

punchable (comparative more punchable, superlative most punchable)

  1. Suitable for being punched or perforated.
    • a material that is punchable at low temperatures
  2. (colloquial) Deserving to be punched or struck, or evoking the desire to do so.
    • He has an eminently punchable face!
    • “An emotion is something that you construct in your own brain,” Barrett said, as is perception. Shkreli’s face scans as punchable to so many because of this tendency to “experience the emotion to be a property of the thing in the world and not your own experience.”2016 October 2, Jessica Goldstein, “We Asked Scientists: Just How Punchable is Martin Shkreli’s Face?”, in Center for Law, Brain & Behavior
    Synonyms:
    punchworthy

Synonyms of punchable

Forms of punchable

comparativemore punchable
superlativemost punchable

Origin of punchable

From punch + -able.

Words formed from punchable

Questions about punchable

What does punchable mean?
Punchable means suitable for being punched or perforated.
What part of speech is punchable?
Punchable is an adjective.

Words near punchable in the dictionary

  1. punch-up
  2. punch-up session
  3. punch-up sessions
  4. punch-ups
  5. punchability
  6. punchable
  7. punchayet
  8. punchayets
  9. punchbag
  10. punchbags
  11. punchball

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