puncher

/'pʌntʃə/
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puncher

A worker uses a puncher to make holes in a sheet of leather.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A tool for making holes or indentations: A device or implement used to perforate or create depressions in materials such as paper, leather, or metal.
    • Someone who delivers punches: A person who strikes with a fist, especially in the context of boxing or fighting.
    • A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback: A worker, typically on a ranch, responsible for herding and caring for livestock, often while riding a horse.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Tool):
    • She used a paper puncher to make holes in the documents for the binder.
    • The leatherworker used a puncher to create decorative patterns in the belt.
  • Noun (Person who punches):
    • He was known as a powerful puncher in the boxing ring.
    • The angry puncher broke the glass with a single blow.
  • Noun (Cattle worker):
    • The puncher rode out at dawn to check on the herd.
    • Life as a puncher on the ranch was demanding but rewarding.
Advanced Usage
  • "Ticket puncher": A person or device that validates or cancels tickets by making a hole in them.
    • The conductor acted as the ticket puncher on the old train.
  • "Clock puncher": (Informal, often derogatory) An employee who works rigidly fixed hours with little engagement or ambition; a time-clock worker.
    • He didn't want to be just another clock puncher; he sought a more creative career.
Variants and Related Words
  • Punch (verb/noun): To strike with a fist; a tool or machine for stamping, piercing, or shaping.
  • Punching (noun/gerund): The action of delivering a punch or using a punch tool.
  • Punchball (noun): A game or toy for practicing punching.
  • Punch-up (noun, chiefly British): A fistfight or brawl.
Synonyms
  • Tool: Perforator, hole puncher, awl, drill.
  • Person who punches: Striker, hitter, boxer, fighter.
  • Cattle worker: Cowboy, ranch hand, drover, herdsman, wrangler.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Compounds
  • Punch in/out: To record one's time of arrival at or departure from work, typically using a time clock.
    • Workers must punch in by 9 a.m. and punch out at 5 p.m.
  • Punch-up (noun): As mentioned above, a fight or altercation.
    • There was a minor punch-up outside the bar last night.
Related Idioms
  • "Pull one's punches": To restrain the force of one's criticisms or attacks.
    • The reviewer didn't pull any punches; the critique was brutally honest.
  • "Punch above one's weight": To compete or perform at a level higher than expected based on one's resources or status.
    • The small company consistently punches above its weight in the tech industry.
puncher

A worker uses a puncher to make holes in a sheet of leather.

Noun
  1. a tool for making holes or indentations
  2. someone who delivers punches
  3. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

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