punch-out
1 of 2noun
ˈpənch-ˌau̇t 
1
: fistfight
2
: strikeout
punch out
2 of 2verb
punched out; punching out; punches out
intransitive verb
1
: to record the time of one's stopping work or departure by punching a time clock
2
: to bail out of an aircraft using an ejection seat
transitive verb
1
: to beat up
2
: strike out
Synonyms
Verb
- bash
- baste
- bat
- batter
- beat
- belabor
- belt
- birch
- bludgeon
- buffet
- bung up
- club
- curry
- do
- drub
- fib [British]
- flog
- hammer
- hide
- lace
- lambaste
- lambast
- lash
- lather
- lick
- maul
- mess (up)
- paddle
- pelt
- pommel
- pound
- pummel
- rough (up)
- slate
- slog
- switch
- tan
- thrash
- thresh
- thump
- tromp
- wallop
- whale
- whip
- whop
- whap
- whup
- work over
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Example Sentences
Verb you should take a course in anger management—you can't go around punching out people
Recent Examples on the Web
Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022 Due to this, when the shift ends there’s always a long line of people waiting their turn to punch out. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2022 Due to this, when the shift ends there’s always a long line of people waiting their turn to punch out. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2022 Due to this, when the shift ends there’s always a long line of people waiting their turn to punch out. Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 The Bulldogs ran Zamir White and James Cook as a 1-2 punch out of the backfield with both rushing for more than 700 yards each. Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022 Captain Britain does not punch out bad guys as often as Captain America. Christian Holub, EW.com, 21 July 2022 Mark off a pattern with an erasable wax pencil, then use a medium drill bit to punch out a dotted outline of your image. Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022 Five pitches later, Suarez painted a 2-and-2 fastball to punch out Trevor Story, turning to pump his fist and roar. Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 See More
Verb
Due to this, when the shift ends there’s always a long line of people waiting their turn to punch out. Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022 Due to this, when the shift ends there’s always a long line of people waiting their turn to punch out. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2022 Due to this, when the shift ends there’s always a long line of people waiting their turn to punch out. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2022 Due to this, when the shift ends there’s always a long line of people waiting their turn to punch out. Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 The Bulldogs ran Zamir White and James Cook as a 1-2 punch out of the backfield with both rushing for more than 700 yards each. Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022 Captain Britain does not punch out bad guys as often as Captain America. Christian Holub, EW.com, 21 July 2022 Mark off a pattern with an erasable wax pencil, then use a medium drill bit to punch out a dotted outline of your image. Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022 Five pitches later, Suarez painted a 2-and-2 fastball to punch out Trevor Story, turning to pump his fist and roar. Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1973, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1893, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
punches out
verb
as in licks
to strike repeatedly you should take a course in anger management—you can't go around punching out people Synonyms & Similar Words
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- licks
- pounds
- hides
- lashes
- works over
- beats
- attacks
- does
- whips
- pelts
- punches
- hits
- assaults
- bats
- slaps
- knocks
- batters
- beats up on
- bungs up
- thumps
- mauls
- raids
- smashes
- slams
- chops
- spanks
- pummels
- boxes
- whales
- paddles
- threshes
- roughs (up)
- belts
- bashes
- hammers
- clubs
- smacks
- buffets
- storms
- bludgeons
- slates
- switches
- wallops
- pommels
- lathers
- thrashes
- belabors
- laces
- messes (up)
- tans
- fibs
- curries
- drubs
- swipes
- wounds
- whacks
- birches
- whups
- flogs
- lambastes
- slogs
- descends (on or upon)
- bastes
- whaps
- fustigates
- jumps (on)
- whops
- straps
- cuffs
- socks
- rushes
- pistol-whips
- lambasts
- lays on
- swats
- cracks
- whams
- lams
- thwacks
- clouts
- tromps
- pastes
- besets
- cudgels
- busts
- lacerates
- flagellates
- assails
- canes
- scourges
- gores
- leathers
- clobbers
- blackjacks
- horsewhips
- cowhides
- rawhides
- maims
- mutilates
- whomps
- pounces (on or upon)
- mangles
- identifying feature
- identifying mark
- identifying mark/feature
- identifying pronoun
- identifying with
- identikit
- identikits
- identism
- identities
- identity
- identity card
- identity cards
- identity crisis
- identity element
- identity function
- identity matrix
- identity parade
- identity philosophy
- identity politics
- identity principle
- identity theft
- ideo-
- ideocracy
- ideogenetic
- ideogram