puncture
Syllables: punc·tureUK/ˈpʌŋktʃə//ˈpʌŋkt͡ʃɚ/
puncture noun: the act or an instance of puncturing.
Noun
puncture (plural punctures)
- The act or an instance of puncturing.
- A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.
- There were two small punctures in his arm where the snake's fangs had pierced the skin.
- The lion may perish by the puncture of an asp.1752 January 22 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Johnson, “No. 190. Saturday, January 12. 1752.”, in The Rambler, volume VIII, Edinburgh: […] Sands, Murray, and Cochran; sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright, J....
- A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate.
- On the way back we got a puncture, and we were stuck at the roadside for three hours until help arrived.
- Dieter's car had suffered a puncture on the RN3 road between Paris and Meaux. A bent nail was stuck in the tire.2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, →ISBN, page 340
Verb
puncture (third-person singular simple present punctures, present participle puncturing, simple past and past participle punctured)
- To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole.
- The needle punctured the balloon instantly.
- The couple all bloody / Tongues punctured by each other's teeth / Died and didn't let go2013, clipping., “story”, in midcity
- To destroy the vitality or strength of.
- The woebegone children have their aspirations slowly snuffed. Grace’s artistic dreams (of animation, of course) are punctured by her isolated existence; Gilbert’s pyrophilia is smothered by religious extremism.2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay weepy Memoir Of A Snail crawls through a gauntlet of misery”, in AV Club
puncture meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
puncture in Hindi
- to puncture
- गोदना godnā
- puncture
- पंक्चर paṅkcar
puncture in Tamil
- to pierce — see also pierce, perforate
- குத்து kuttu
puncture in Marathi
- पंक्चर, पंक्चर करणे, पंक्चर करण्यासाठी
puncture in Urdu
- to puncture
- گودنا godnā
More languagesFewer languages
- puncture in Bengali
- ছিদ্র, ফুটো
- puncture in Telugu
- పంక్చర్
- puncture in Malayalam
- ഊട്ട ūṭṭa
- puncture in Kannada
- ತೂತು
- puncture in Punjabi
- ਪੰਕਚਰ, ਪੰਕਚਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ, ਪੰਕਚਰ ਕਰਨਾ
- puncture in Gujarati
- પંક્ચર, પંચર કરવા માટે
- puncture in Odia
- ଛିଦ୍ର କରିବା
- puncture in Nepali
- पङ्कर गर्न, पङ्कर गर्नका लागि, पञ्चर गर्न
- puncture in Arabic
- ثُقْب ṯuqb
- puncture in Indonesian
- tusukan
Examples of puncture in a sentence
- I got a puncture and the wheel went pap.
- However, our case showed mainly hypocellularity due to the nature of puncture tissue.
- Using B-Ultrasound guidance, an 18-gauge puncture needle (Angiotech Company, Denmark) was advanced transhepatically into the gallbladder.
Synonyms of puncture
Forms of puncture
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | punctures |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | punctures |
| present participle | puncturing |
| past participle | punctured |
| past | punctured |
Origin of puncture
Borrowed from Late Latin punctūra.
Words formed from puncture
- acupuncture
- antipuncture
- apipuncture
- aquapuncture
- arteriopuncture
- cardiopuncture
- colorpuncture
- counterpuncture
- cryopuncture
- electropuncture
- encephalopuncture
- galvanopuncture
- ignipuncture
- laserpuncture
- lumbar puncture
- macropuncture
- mesopuncture
- micropuncture
- multipuncture
- pharmacopuncture
- postpuncture
- puncturable
- puncturation
- punctureless
- punctureproof
- puncture vine
- puncture-wallah
- renipuncture
- repuncture
- sonopuncture
- vacupuncture
- venipuncture
- puncturer
- punctured interval
- punctured neighborhood
Phrases with puncture
Questions about puncture
- What does puncture mean?
- Puncture means the act or an instance of puncturing.
- What is puncture in Hindi?
- Puncture in Hindi is गोदना (godnā), पंक्चर (paṅkcar). See Puncture meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is puncture?
- Puncture can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce puncture?
- Puncture is pronounced /ˈpʌŋktʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of puncture?
- The plural of puncture is punctures.
Words near puncture in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: puncture (page history and authors); गोदना (Hindi) (page history and authors); puncture (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); گودنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); puncture (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); puncture (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); puncture (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); puncture (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); puncture (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); puncture (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); puncture (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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