Crossword clues for punched
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: punch)
Usage examples of "punched".
I was too short to reach it but Hoppie punched it so fast he made it almost disappear.
I had punched Hymie in the ribs when his name came up, but now I could feel my face burning and a huge lump grew in my throat.
Ressler saw everything: the bark swells of insect galls, the den entrance punched through hardened powder.
Todd, reanimated, described how his lone shift partner sat every night in a sterile chamber of humming processing units, high-speed printers, floor-mount disk drives, and glowing consoles, doing routine work that any modestly endowed twenty-one-year-old could do, changing tapes, running the unvarying deck of punched cards through the hopper, while all the while this set of baroque irrelevances spun around on a cheap grinder perched on top of the digital check-sorter.
He punched a code into the electronic lock, and we entered a blazing fluorescence reminiscent of fifties science fiction.
Franker put his clipping away and punched in to the machine room to help the old man out.
After nine, Todd and Ressler could choose any path they wished, providing the disk packs were processed and the reports in the bin when the morning shift punched in.
Jimmy Steadman greeted me at the top of the shaft, having just punched out.
The punched tape running along the inner seam of the helix is much more than a repository of enzyme stencils.
He punched up a prohibited, distant file, flexing his apprentice prowess.
He punched up the system time on the screen, and we were struck by the work still left to do before the arrival of the day shift.
Kira watched her radiation gauge soar to an almost alarming level, and punched one fist against the interior lighting panel to brighten the room.
The medic punched the request into her tricorder, then swept it along the series of cortices.
Dax punched them up on her panel, and the two scientists bent to study them together.
He could see the features twist, not so much with pain as incredulous shock as the bullets punched into her torso.