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
punching out
verb
as in licking
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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- licking
- hiding
- pounding
- working over
- lashing
- beating up on
- doing
- whipping
- beating
- bunging up
- hitting
- attacking
- knocking
- pelting
- slapping
- punching
- battering
- spanking
- batting
- smashing
- thumping
- slamming
- assaulting
- mauling
- pommelling
- pommeling
- roughing (up)
- bashing
- chopping
- laying on
- messing (up)
- raiding
- pummeling
- paddling
- switching
- hammering
- boxing
- clubbing
- tanning
- buffeting
- lamming
- smacking
- thrashing
- whopping
- drubbing
- flogging
- bludgeoning
- lathering
- slating
- whaling
- currying
- threshing
- basting
- fibbing
- storming
- whacking
- lacing
- belting
- descending (on or upon)
- belaboring
- lambasting
- swiping
- walloping
- whapping
- slogging
- jumping (on)
- wounding
- pummelling
- pouncing (on or upon)
- whupping
- tromping
- birching
- cracking
- rushing
- pasting
- swatting
- strapping
- cowhiding
- blackjacking
- thwacking
- fustigating
- assailing
- rawhiding
- clobbering
- cuffing
- besetting
- socking
- whamming
- busting
- cudgelling
- cudgeling
- scourging
- caning
- clouting
- flagellating
- lacerating
- goring
- whomping
- leathering
- maiming
- horsewhipping
- mutilating
- pistol-whipping
- mangling
