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punch  (punches plural & 3rd person present) (punching present participle) (punched past tense & past participle )
1  verb If you punch someone or something, you hit them hard with your fist. 
After punching him on the chin she wound up hitting him over the head...  V n 
  In American English, punch out means the same as  punch., phrasal verb 
♦  puncher  (punchers plural) n-count 
...the awesome range of blows which have confirmed him as boxing's hardest puncher.  
2  verb If you punch the air, you put one or both of your fists forcefully above your shoulders as a gesture of delight or victory. 
At the end, Graf punched the air in delight, a huge grin on her face.  V n 
3  verb If you punch something such as the buttons on a keyboard, you touch them in order to store information on a machine such as a computer or to give the machine a command to do something.  (=push, press) 
Mrs. Baylor strode to the elevator and punched the button.  V n 
4  verb If you punch holes  in something, you make holes in it by pushing or pressing it with something sharp. 
I took a ballpoint pen and punched a hole in the carton.  V n in n 
5  n-count A punch is a tool that you use for making holes in something. 
Make two holes with a hole punch.  
6  n-uncount If you say that something has punch, you mean that it has force or effectiveness. 
My nervousness made me deliver the vital points of my address without sufficient punch...  
7  n-mass Punch is a drink made from wine or spirits mixed with things such as sugar, lemons, and spices. 
8 If you say that someone does not pull their punches when they are criticizing a person or thing, you mean that they say exactly what they think, even though this might upset or offend people. 
♦ pull one's punches  phrase 
She has a reputation for getting at the guts of a subject and never pulling her punches.  punch in  phrasal verb If you punch in a number on a machine or punch numbers into it, you push the machine's buttons or keys in order to give it a command to do something.