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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
punch
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Punch and Judy show
punch bowl
punched card
rabbit punch
sucker punch
used...as a punching bag
▪ a young wife whose husband used her as a punching bag
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
▪ The six note left hand rhythm is literally punched out to lend a strong, exultant ring to the proceedings.
▪ At first, he considered punching out with a 7-iron.
▪ Down she goes, arms folded across her chest, crouching low and punching out kicks from the knee.
▪ Detectives Pembleton and Bayliss had punched out.
▪ The first watcher picked up the red phone nearby and punched out three digits.
▪ My lights would get punched out and I would bawl like a newborn.
▪ Something occurred to him, and he punched out Terence Rigby's number once again.
▪ He was walking about a foot off the earth, chest punched out and so forth.
■ NOUN
air
▪ Balvinder jumped up and down, punched the air, then promptly confronted the man with whom he had made the bet.
▪ Warehouses yawning out over the barren yards and loading docks; rusted cranes fused to their platforms, punching at the air.
▪ When we left the meeting, I should have been punching the air with joy.
▪ Then he plunged in, and when he saw he was correct, punched the air with a raised left hand.
▪ Sharpe saw the blossoming smoke a fraction before the sound punched the air.
▪ Men's fists punched the air, brandishing flagons of beer.
▪ A small cheer emerged from behind and I punched the air with delight.
▪ Caballeros punched the air with the exultation of victory.
button
▪ D'Arcy punched the intercom button and introduced himself to the disembodied Oriental voice at the other end.
▪ I sat down in my swivel chair and propped my feet up, punching the replay button on the answering machine.
▪ He found it on the far side, punched the red button and watched the big metal doors start to move.
▪ The appeal punched the right buttons and played to the latent bigotry and fears in many whites.
▪ Being a very friendly fellow he once let me punch the red button that started the press.
▪ Hours later he punches a button on his computer and an electronic scream of rage races into cyberspace.
▪ Krajewski punched the freeze frame button.
▪ He leaned back and punched an erase button at the center of his thoughts.
card
▪ The coding instructions are necessary if the data are to be punched into cards and processed by computer equipment.
▪ Just for the sake of clarity, perhaps we should call employees who do more than punch their time card intrapreneurs.
▪ Every day he punched cards, punched and punched, trying to avoid instability, divergence, distortion.
▪ He is expected to punch his time card in April.
clock
▪ Dear Help Wanted: We punch a time clock and our employer has a rigid lateness policy.
▪ You had a lot of people who had been there a long time, and they were just punching that clock.
▪ Bobby punched the clock in four other maquilas before she got her current job as a clothes inspector at the Minsa plant.
▪ Being a Council member entails neither heavy lifting nor punching a time clock.
code
▪ If some one punches in the wrong code more than three times, the alarm sounds automatically.
▪ They evidently punched the Tulua code into the cockpit computer.
face
▪ He took his left hand off the throttle and punched himself in the face.
▪ He punched Converse across the face with a stiff girlish forearm.
▪ She began screaming and he punched her in the face and ran off.
▪ Campbell threw Costa into a glass cooler door and punched him in the face three times.
▪ When Neil refused they punched him in the face and dragged him to shops two miles away.
▪ The men punched Rodriguez in the face until he fell, then stomped and kicked him in the head, police said.
▪ As Mr Mullen raised the shears above his head, Jimmy punched him in the face.
▪ They claimed she was punched in the face by one of the suspects.
nose
▪ The floor punched me in the nose and I stretched out on it.
▪ On another some one told him that an irate parishioner had threatened to punch Ray in the nose.
▪ What she would give to punch him on the nose, and flatten once and for all his insulting, devilish assumptions.
row
▪ These are punched on rows two, three, six, seven, ten, eleven, and so on.
▪ On the first row, punch any position that isn't punched on row two.
stomach
▪ Feeling as though she had been punched in the stomach, she staggered into the drawing-room and sank on to the sofa.
▪ If some one gets punched in the stomach, pain and bruising may occur.
▪ I struggled and punched him in the stomach.
▪ I felt like some one had punched me in the stomach.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as pleased as Punch
knockout punch/blow
▪ And then, as if to deliver the knockout blow to his scheme, the phone rang.
▪ But the new West Indies proved encouragingly resilient, repeatedly getting up off the canvas to deliver the final knockout punch.
▪ Great passing; good running, but they lacked a knockout punch.
▪ He may not have a knockout punch, but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.
▪ If people will use the vaccine available, it is possible to give paralytic polio a knockout blow within the next year.
▪ It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.
▪ That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch.
▪ The business was reeling from what appeared to have been the knockout punch.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ All you have to do is punch a few buttons and the computer will do the rest for you.
▪ Dean punched her in the ribs and pushed her against the wall.
▪ I punched holes in the papers and filed them away in a binder.
▪ The conductor walked through the train, punching everyone's ticket.
▪ The shoemaker was threading stitches through tiny holes he had punched in the leather.
▪ The woman claimed that she had been punched and kicked by one of the policemen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Chamfer the top corners and nail on with 1-1/2in ovals, punched in and filled.
▪ He blundered forward, punching wildly.
▪ He is expected to punch his time card in April.
▪ I sat down in my swivel chair and propped my feet up, punching the replay button on the answering machine.
▪ Just for the sake of clarity, perhaps we should call employees who do more than punch their time card intrapreneurs.
▪ Meg was trying to snap Jackie in action as she helped her fighter Tony Weeks punch his way to victory.
▪ Norm Kleinebriel, owner, sits at the end of the long bar smoking a cigarette and punching a calculator.
▪ She began screaming and he punched her in the face and ran off.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
knockout
▪ It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.
▪ That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch.
▪ He may not have a knockout punch, but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.
▪ The business was reeling from what appeared to have been the knockout punch.
powerful
▪ This is the principle behind fast flurries of powerful punches.
▪ Though not the most powerful punch ever thrown, Stretch's right hook was delivered with perfect timing.
▪ The espresso, in small cups, is dark and serious and packs a more powerful punch.
▪ This will give the Cheshires a good deal more protection and pack a much more powerful punch should they be attacked again.
▪ You notice that the opponent is standing in a wide stance, so you throw a powerful reverse punch at his face.
rum
▪ The more rum punch, the better the beat!
▪ Your rum punch has made people stinko.
▪ A superb rum punch had all the characteristics of merciful execution.
■ NOUN
bag
▪ Also train on the punch bag, aiming your kicks as high as you can and reaching as far as possible.
▪ When you have enough cash you can buy training equipment such as a skipping rope, punch bag or robot boxer!
bowl
▪ It was more a tidal wave in a punch bowl.
▪ They held the punch bowl at parties, the potato salad, chips and dips.
▪ Smiling at Evelyn, and ignoring Geoffrey, she made her way across the room to the punch bowl.
card
▪ The amended listing was then sent to an outside data preparation bureau where data were recorded on punch cards.
line
▪ They always saw his jokes before he got to the punch line.
▪ Bobby Boy is always looking for the punch line to every situation.
▪ Insert your own punch line here.
▪ But he forgot the punch line for any business transaction: Did you get paid?
▪ She waited for the punch line, her shoes growing soggy.
▪ They rolled in the grass at the repetition of her punch line.
▪ The shtup part was funnier than the punch line.
■ VERB
deliver
▪ Types of strike 1: The attacker steps forward into the right stance to deliver a right lunge punch.
▪ The rest are elbows delivered, punches thrown, verbally abusing referees, skipping All-Star media day, obscene gestures, tantrum-throwing.
▪ But the new West Indies proved encouragingly resilient, repeatedly getting up off the canvas to deliver the final knockout punch.
▪ Because of these fundamental properties of ocean surface waves, they are capable of delivering their punch over enormous distances.
▪ But it is Lorca delivering the punch, not the composer.
▪ In May, Ruelas delivered the punches that resulted in the death of Jimmy Garcia.
drink
▪ One-Tree Hill, fictitious site of the shooting picnic at which Pickwick drinks too much punch and end up in the pound.
land
▪ You landed a bloody good punch.
▪ Against Ruddock, a marginal fighter others have put away easily, Tyson never landed the big punch.
▪ He shot out his right arm and landed a punch on Lorrimer's nose.
▪ Tyson landed one punch after the other until a perfect right uppercut almost sent Bruno out of the ring.
▪ In the second round Trentham began to land the odd punch, but never hard enough to allow Tommy to go down.
▪ And while Ruelas' outstanding defensive instincts were evident, Herrera landed good punches throughout.
▪ The first tried to land a punch, but he missed.
▪ Then I began to land some good punches.
pack
▪ For the first time in a long time, an Eddie Murphy movie packs a punch.
▪ The paper is light; it doesn't pack a punch.
▪ He also packed a mean punch, according to his estranged wife Sheila.
▪ Square-cut and staid to behold, it packs a potent punch quite at odds with its looks.
▪ At last - takeaway sandwiches with flavour that packs a punch!
▪ Though it packed a stronger punch in the north-eastern states, it wreaked greater havoc in the south.
▪ The trick is to pack as much magnetic punch into as small an amount of seawater as possible.
pull
▪ Nizan generally spoke his mind and refused to pull his punches.
▪ It also ended speculation that Cuomo might pull his punches in criticizing Clinton on the welfare issue.
▪ From the pulpit Rev Paul Andrianatos pulls no punches.
▪ Greenberg's judgment pulls no punches.
▪ That is why the transport white paper pulled its punches and proposed more road-building.
▪ They never pull any punches the way happiness does.
▪ The backdrop of 1950s Harlem is violent and sinister and the direction pulls few punches.
roll
▪ Also be aware that the struggle itself can be exhilarating and enlightening, so roll with the punches and enjoy the fight!
▪ In high school you could just roll with the punches.
throw
▪ Hull were reduced to 12 men on the hour when Mark Jones was sent off for throwing a punch at Gary Tees.
▪ I throw a lot of punches and they all count.
▪ Begin from a fighting stance, perhaps by throwing a light snap punch into the opponent's face from the front hand.
▪ Every time he throws a punch, he moves his face.
▪ He elbowed the Saracens number 8, Barry Crawley, who in turn, threw a punch which floored the Gloucester man.
▪ Whitaker will throw enough punches to win on points.
▪ Ail that is needed is to throw an oncoming punch off course.
▪ I began throwing punches whenever I thought no one was looking.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as pleased as Punch
haul off and hit/punch/kick sb
knockout punch/blow
▪ And then, as if to deliver the knockout blow to his scheme, the phone rang.
▪ But the new West Indies proved encouragingly resilient, repeatedly getting up off the canvas to deliver the final knockout punch.
▪ Great passing; good running, but they lacked a knockout punch.
▪ He may not have a knockout punch, but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.
▪ If people will use the vaccine available, it is possible to give paralytic polio a knockout blow within the next year.
▪ It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.
▪ That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch.
▪ The business was reeling from what appeared to have been the knockout punch.
land a punch/blow etc
▪ Flaws' Nigel's style includes getting caught with punches in order to land punches.
▪ He shot out his right arm and landed a punch on Lorrimer's nose.
▪ Sharpe hacked again, this time landing a blow on the back of the helmet.
▪ The first tried to land a punch, but he missed.
▪ This time, he hardly landed a blow as the majestic Christie cruised home.
pack a (hard/hefty/strong etc) punch
▪ A wave 10 feet high and 500 feet long can pack a punch of 400,000 pounds per linear foot of its crest.
▪ Anne Packer packed a punch with Baked Beans.
▪ At last - takeaway sandwiches with flavour that packs a punch!
▪ For the first time in a long time, an Eddie Murphy movie packs a punch.
▪ The paper is light; it doesn't pack a punch.
pull a punch
ride a punch/blow
roll with the punches
▪ Many industries were able to roll with the punches in a tough economy.
▪ Also be aware that the struggle itself can be exhilarating and enlightening, so roll with the punches and enjoy the fight!
▪ In high school you could just roll with the punches.
throw a punch
▪ Foreman, once the World Heavyweight Champion, says 'I never throw a punch in anger.'
▪ Rogers threw a punch at Martin.
▪ Every time he throws a punch, he moves his face.
▪ He elbowed the Saracens number 8, Barry Crawley, who in turn, threw a punch which floored the Gloucester man.
▪ Hull were reduced to 12 men on the hour when Mark Jones was sent off for throwing a punch at Gary Tees.
▪ I began throwing punches whenever I thought no one was looking.
▪ I began to imagine throwing punches at the Bashers.
▪ I saw men in red shirts throwing punches at an old man.
▪ Pascoe threw a punch and missed, then threw another and felt the connection travel to the point of his elbow.
▪ This means that even if the opponent throws a punch, you will have drawn back and out of range.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a bowl of rum punch
▪ Mike gave me a punch on the arm.
▪ The new Ford Mustang has a lot of punch.
▪ Thomas' novel loses its punch toward the end.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A superb rum punch had all the characteristics of merciful execution.
▪ And heart disease took a one-two punch.
▪ His oh-so-careful slimy grin that lashed out and maimed as much as a punch or a kick.
▪ I couldn't see more than three frames between standing still and throwing the punch.
▪ Penalosa's lack of mobility is counter-balanced by his southpaw stance and hard punch.
▪ The defender now turns attacker, stepping quickly forward and striking with a reverse punch to his attacker's chest.
▪ The mid-term exam hit her like a blind punch.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Punch

Punch \Punch\, n. [Abbrev, fr. punchinello.] The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.

Punch and Judy, a puppet show in which a comical little hunchbacked Punch, with a large nose, engages in altercation with his wife Judy.

Punch

Punch \Punch\, n. [Abbrev. fr. puncheon.]

  1. A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.

  2. (Pile Driving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.

  3. A prop, as for the roof of a mine.

    Bell punch. See under Bell.

    Belt punch (Mach.), a punch, or punch pliers, for making holes for lacings in the ends of driving belts.

    Punch press. See Punching machine, under Punch, v. i.

    Punch pliers, pliers having a tubular, sharp-edged steel punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating leather, paper, and the like.

Punch

Punch \Punch\, n. [Hind. p[=a]nch five, Skr. pa?can. So called because composed of five ingredients, viz., sugar, arrack, spice, water, and lemon juice. See Five.] A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc.

Milk punch, a sort of punch made with spirit, milk, sugar, spice, etc.

Punch bowl, a large bowl in which punch is made, or from which it is served.

Roman punch, a punch frozen and served as an ice.

Punch

Punch \Punch\, n. A thrust or blow. [Colloq.]

Punch

Punch \Punch\, v. t. [OE. punchen, perhaps the same word as E. punish: or cf. E. bunch.] To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.

Punch

Punch \Punch\, n. [Prov. E. Cf. Punchy.]

  1. A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.

    I . . . did hear them call their fat child punch, which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short.
    --Pepys.

  2. One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.

Punch

Punch \Punch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punched; p. pr. & vb. n. Punching.] [From Punch, n., a tool; cf. F. poin[,c]onner.] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.

Punching machine, or Punching press, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; -- called also punch press.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Punch

the puppet show star, 1709, shortening of Punchinello (1666), from Italian (Neapolitan) Pollecinella, Pollecenella, diminutive of pollecena "turkey pullet," probably in allusion to his big nose. The phrase pleased as punch apparently refers to his unfailing triumph over enemies. The comic weekly of this name was published in London from 1841.

punch

"pointed tool for making holes or embossing," late 14c., short for puncheon (mid-14c.), from Old French ponchon, poinchon "pointed tool, piercing weapon," from Vulgar Latin *punctionem (nominative *punctio) "pointed tool," from past participle stem of Latin pungere "to prick" (see pungent). From mid-15c. as "a stab, thrust;" late 15c. as "a dagger." Meaning "machine for pressing or stamping a die" is from 1620s.

punch

type of mixed drink, 1630s, traditionally since 17c. said to derive from Hindi panch "five," in reference to the number of original ingredients (spirits, water, lemon juice, sugar, spice), from Sanskrit panchan-s, from pancha "five" (see five). But there are difficulties (see OED), and connection to puncheon (n.1) is not impossible.

punch

"a quick blow with the fist," by 1570s, probably from punch (v.). In early use also of blows with the foot or jabs with a staff or club. Originally especially of blows that sink in to some degree ("... whom he unmercifully bruises and batters from head to foot: here a slap in the chaps, there a black eye, now a punch in the stomach, and then a kick on the breech," "Monthly Review," 1763). Figurative sense of "forceful, vigorous quality" is recorded from 1911. To beat (someone) to the punch in the figurative sense is from 1915, a metaphor from boxing (attested by 1913). Punch line (also punch-line) is from 1915 (originally in popular-song writing); punch-drunk is from 1915 (alternative form slug-nutty is from 1933).

punch

"to thrust, push; jostle;" also, "prod, to drive (cattle, etc.) by poking and prodding," late 14c., from Old French ponchonner "to punch, prick, stamp," from ponchon "pointed tool, piercing weapon" (see punch (n.1)). Meaning "to pierce, emboss with a tool" is from early 15c.; meaning "to stab, puncture" is from mid-15c. To punch a ticket, etc., is from mid-15c. To punch the clock "record one's arrival at or departure from the workplace using an automated timing device" is from 1900. Related: Punched; punching.\n\nPerhaps you are some great big chief, who has a lot to say.\n
Who lords it o'er the common herd who chance to come your way;\n
Well, here is where your arrogance gets a dreadful shock,\n
When you march up, like a private, salute, and PUNCH THE CLOCK.\n

[from "Punch the Clock," by "The Skipper," "The Commercial Telegraphers' Journal," May 1912]

\nSpecialized sense "to hit with the fist" first recorded 1520s. Compare Latin pugnare "to fight with the fists," from a root meaning "to pierce, sting." In English this was probably influenced by punish; "punch" or "punsch" for "punish" is found in documents from 14c.-15c.:\n\npunchyth me, Lorde, and spare my blyssyd wyff Anne.

[Coventry Mystery Plays, late 15c.]

\nTo punch (someone) out "beat up" is from 1971.
Wiktionary
punch

Etymology 1 n. (context countable English) A hit or strike with one's fist. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To strike with one's fist. 2 (context transitive of cattle English) To herd#Verb. 3 (context transitive English) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means. 4 (context transitive English) To enter (information) on a device or system. 5 (context transitive English) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force. 6 (context transitive English) To make holes in something (qualifier: rail ticket, leather belt, etc) 7 To thrust against; to poke. Etymology 2

n. 1 (context countable English) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. 2 (context countable English) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material. 3 (context countable English) A hole or opening created with a punch 4 (context piledriving English) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. 5 A prop, as for the roof of a mine. vb. 1 To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something. 2 To mark a ticket. Etymology 3

n. (context uncountable English) A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.

WordNet
punch
  1. n. (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" [syn: clout, poke, lick, biff]

  2. an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl

  3. a tool for making (usually circular) holes [syn: puncher]

punch
  1. v. deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach" [syn: plug]

  2. drive forcibly as if by a punch; "the nail punched through the wall"

  3. make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; "perforate the sheets of paper" [syn: perforate]

Wikipedia
Punch (magazine)

Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term " cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration.

After the 1940s, when its circulation peaked, it went into a long decline, closing in 1992. It was revived in 1996, but closed again in 2002.

Punch

Punch may refer to:

Punch (drink)

Punch is the term for a wide assortment of drinks, both non-alcoholic and alcoholic, generally containing fruit or fruit juice. The drink was introduced from India to the United Kingdom in the early seventeenth century, and from there its use spread to other countries. Punch is typically served at parties in large, wide bowls, known as punch bowls. Sangria is a kind of punch.

Punch (combat)

A punch is a striking blow with the fist. It is used in some martial arts and combat sports, most notably boxing where it is the only type of offensive technique allowed. In sports, hand wraps or other padding such as gloves may be used to protect athletes and practitioners from injuring themselves.

The use of punches varies between different martial arts and combat sports. Styles such as boxing or Russian fist fighting use punches alone, while others such as kickboxing or karate may use punches along with kicks. Others such as wrestling and judo do not use punches at all. There are many types of punches and as a result, different styles encompass varying types of punching techniques.

Punch (numismatics)

In numismatics, a punch is an intermediate used in the process of manufacturing coins.

A punch has its design in cameo, much like on the coins themselves. Prior to the use of punches, each die was individually engraved and when a die wore out, another one had to be engraved to replace it, and the exact design of the worn die was lost. The punch step greatly reduced the amount of effort needed, as a single punch could be used to create multiple dies. Early on, punches generally contained only the primary design of the coin, e.g. the portrait, and secondary details (legend, rim head, etc.) were hand-engraved onto each die until the matrix step was developed.

Category:Currency production Category:Numismatic terminology

Punch (cigar)

Punch is the name of two brands of cigars, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in Honduras for General Cigar Company.

Punch (tool)

A punch is a hard metal rod with a shaped tip at one end and a blunt butt end at the other, which is usually struck by a hammer. Typically, woodworkers use a ball-peen hammer to strike a punch. Punches are used to drive objects, such as nails, or to form an impression of the tip on a workpiece. Decorative punches may also be used to create a pattern or even form an image.

Punch (Danish magazine)

Punch (1873–1894) was an illustrated conservative Danish satirical magazine modelled on the English Punch.

Punch (2011 film)

Punch is a 2011 South Korean coming-of-age film directed by Lee Han about the budding mentor-mentee relationship forged between a rebellious high school student from a poor household ( Yoo Ah-in) and his meddlesome homeroom teacher who moves in next door ( Kim Yoon-seok).

It is based on the bestselling novel Wandeuk by Kim Ryeo-ryeong, which has sold more than 700,000 copies since it was published in 2008.

Punch (2014 TV series)

Punch is a 2014–2015 South Korean television series starring Kim Rae-won, Kim Ah-joong, Cho Jae-hyun, Seo Ji-hye and On Joo-wan. It aired on SBS from 15 December 2014 to 17 February 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 19 episodes.

Punch (album)

Punch is the debut album by Punch Brothers. It was released by Nonesuch Records on February 26, 2008.

The centerpiece of the album is mandolinist Chris Thile's ambitious four movement suite, "The Blind Leaving the Blind." Thile says the piece was written in part to deal with his divorce of 2004. It was composed over the course of a year and a half using Finale composition software. About 30% of the composition involves some improvisation, "like a jazz lead sheet or a written out fiddle tune." Chris Thile has said that his goal was "to fuse the formal disciplines of jazz or classical composition with the vibrancy of bluegrass or folk music song writing." The remainder of the album was co-written by the entire band.

This album, like the group's previous effort How to Grow a Woman from the Ground, was recorded live, with only minimal use of multi-track.

Punch (band)

Punch is an American punk rock band that formed in 2006. The San Francisco-based band's lyrics discuss topics such as veganism, feminism and addiction, and also shares members with the bands Loma Prieta and Living Eyes. Punch co-released several EPs and LPs through local indie labels 625 Thrashcore and Discos Huelga before signing to Jacob Bannon's ( Converge, Supermachiner) label Deathwish Inc. in 2011.

Punch guitarist Kieth began writing for the band's third studio album in late 2013, and the full group came together in early 2014. Punch entered the studio with Jack Shirley ( Deafheaven, Joyce Manor) and recorded a new album in three days in March/April 2014. Vocalist Meghan O'Neil described the band's mindset while writing the album: "This may sound weird, but we came into this one differently by saying to ourselves 'this is going to be our best record.' Just believing that and putting the extra time in to practice and tweak the songs. I also slightly changed my vocal approach and was happy with the results." The album, titled They Don't Have to Believe, was released on August 19, 2014 through Deathwish. O'Neil said the title was derived from Kathleen Hanna's ( Bikini Kill, Le Tigre) speech at the end of the 2013 documentary film The Punk Singer. She said the title is "an ode to being unapologetically yourself," and in the film's speech, Hanna said: "she doesn't expect everyone to understand or believe in feminism or her personal battle with illness, but they should have to stay out of her way." They Don't Have to Believe was well received by music critics, and peaked at number 50 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.

Only a couple of weeks after the release of They Don't Have to Believe, O'Neil left the band in September 2014. After Punch, O'Neil joined a new band called Super Unison (named after a Drive Like Jehu song) in late 2014, and released a self-titled EP in May 2015.

Usage examples of "punch".

It will set afire any flammable material around the hole that it punches, including human fat.

Ray saw Keene set his jaw and knew what he was thinking: no one could mix grandiosity and arrogance like Fredrick Van Alman and, yes, sometimes you wanted to punch out his lights.

Keene set his jaw and knew what he was thinking: no one could mix grandiosity and arrogance like Fredrick Van Alman and, yes, sometimes you wanted to punch out his lights.

She punched the button, then reached for her purse and the antacid tablets.

Next he punched the tapered tip of clear plastic tube about an inch in diameter through the aortic wall.

And he insisted on making amends for his imposture the day before an imposture, he pointed out, that had singularly failed due to their collective skills by ordering bumpers of arrack punch.

That you got yon man to dog me all night, put a tot in every one of my pints, drown me with arrack punch, leave me with a whore?

In the morning, she wearily dragged herself from bed, punched air-holes in a bandbox, and stuffed the drugged and heavy cat inside.

Before the bandaging began I took care to make them swallow a good dose of punch, and, then we proceeded to play.

After they had swallowed a few oysters and drank one or two glasses of punch, which they liked amazingly, I begged Emilie to give me an oyster with her lips.

He punched in the coordinates and blinked and fired and felt the shiftings and he was seated in a luxurious chair in a comfortable room.

Cat lunged for the yoke as Bluey turned his attention to the loran, punching in another set of coordinates.

He had his hands to his eyes doing the boohoo thing, and I guess I threw all my fear and frustration into the punch.

The jaw that Harry had punched was equal in size to the cheek where Bradden kept his tobacco cud.

His hard punches drove Brye back, until the older man reeled away, his face buried in his arms.