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puncing

puncing is the present participle and gerund 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 puncing

What is puncing the present participle and gerund of?
Puncing is the present participle and gerund of punce.

Words near puncing in the dictionary

  1. punchup
  2. punchups
  3. punchwork
  4. punchworthy
  5. punchy
  6. puncing
  7. punck
  8. punct
  9. puncta
  10. puncta delentia
  11. punctae

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