"punch out" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: punch outs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} punch out (plural punch outs)
  1. (baseball) Nonstandard spelling of punchout. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: punchout Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-punch_out-en-noun-zczmpatI Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 9 15 7 9 11 9 9 8 7 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 26 7 14 5 7 9 11 11 5 4 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

Forms: punches out [present, singular, third-person], punching out [participle, present], punched out [participle, past], punched out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} punch out (third-person singular simple present punches out, present participle punching out, simple past and past participle punched out)
  1. (transitive) To repeatedly hit a person. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-punch_out-en-verb-5Ao2AwuZ
  2. (transitive) To hit a person so that they become unconscious (knocked out). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-punch_out-en-verb-TyCtdJ8l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 9 15 7 9 11 9 9 8 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 14 7 20 6 9 13 11 9 6 6
  3. (transitive) To use a punch to remove a piece of material or to remove a piece already scored. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-punch_out-en-verb-jfBfSg~0
  4. (intransitive, US) To leave a workplace by punching a timecard. Tags: US, intransitive
    Sense id: en-punch_out-en-verb-AApnT2Mo Categories (other): American English
  5. (intransitive) To leave a workplace. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-punch_out-en-verb-lrSwG86f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 9 15 7 9 11 9 9 8 7
  6. (intransitive, aviation) To eject from an airplane. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-punch_out-en-verb-FYiGR4GR Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  7. (transitive, intransitive, computing) To extract data from a computer by the use of a keyboard. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-punch_out-en-verb-aFV3dKod Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  8. (transitive, baseball) To rule (by an umpire) that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-punch_out-en-verb-L~5NzpXA Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  9. (transitive, baseball, of a pitcher) To throw a called third strike; to strike (someone) out. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Baseball Derived forms: punch-out [adjective], punch-out [noun], punchout [noun] Related terms: kick out, knock out
    Sense id: en-punch_out-en-verb-BrVCI3eq Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with manual fragments",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "punch outs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "punch out (plural punch outs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "punchout"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English nonstandard forms",
        "en:Baseball"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nonstandard spelling of punchout."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ],
        [
          "punchout",
          "punchout#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baseball) Nonstandard spelling of punchout."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "punch out"
}

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