punching
Syllables: punch·ing/ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/US/ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
punching noun: an incident in which someone is punched. Also the present participle and gerund of punch.
Noun
punching (countable and uncountable, plural punchings)
- An incident in which someone is punched.
- Over the past four years, the rate of "interpersonal" attacks and "penetrating injuries" – such as stabbings, glassings, punchings, beatings – has doubled, he said.2009 January 25, Evonne Barry, “Booze and the trail of violence”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2009
- The process of making holes in something (for example, a leather belt or a rail ticket).
Also used as
punching is also the present participle and gerund of punch.
punching is also the clipping of punching above one's weight.
punching meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
punching in Tamil
- குத்துவது
punching in Urdu
- مکے لگانا
punching in Bengali
- ঘুষি মারার
punching in Telugu
- గుద్దడం, గుద్దటం
More languagesFewer languages
- punching in Kannada
- ಗುದ್ದುವುದು, ಗುದ್ದುವಿಕೆ
- punching in Punjabi
- ਪੰਚਿੰਗ
- punching in Gujarati
- પંચિંગ
- punching in Nepali
- मुक्का प्रहार, मुक्का हान्ने
Forms of punching
| plural | punchings |
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Origin of punching
From punch + -ing.
Words formed from punching
Phrases with punching
Words that rhyme with punching
Questions about punching
- What does punching mean?
- Punching means an incident in which someone is punched.
- What is punching in Tamil?
- Punching in Tamil is குத்துவது. See Punching meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is punching?
- Punching is a noun.
- How do you pronounce punching?
- Punching is pronounced /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of punching?
- The plural of punching is punchings.
Words near punching in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: punching (page history and authors); punching (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); punching (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); punching (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); punching (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); punching (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); punching (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); punching (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); punching (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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