Puncture
['pʌŋ(k)tʃə] or ['pʌŋktʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of puncturing or perforating.
(noun.) a small hole made by a sharp object.
(noun.) loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object.
(verb.) be pierced or punctured; 'The tire punctured'.
(verb.) cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing; 'puncture an air balloon'.
(verb.) pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; 'puncture a tire'.
(verb.) make by piercing; 'puncture a hole'.
Inputed by Eleanor--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.
(n.) A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin.
(v. t.) To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.
Typed by Benjamin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Small hole.
v. a. Prick, perforate.
Inputed by Jane
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PUNCH]
Typist: Patricia
Definition
n. a pricking: a small hole made with a sharp point.—v.t. to prick: to pierce with a pointed instrument.—n. Puncturā′tion.
Checker: Wayne
Examples
- You puncture me when I become a great Italian thinker. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- If a puncture occurs in a tire, the compressed air escapes very quickly; that is, the compressed air within the tube has taken the first opportunity offered for expansion. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The bone end had not punctured the skin and the broken end was well into the muscle now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- To obviate the bad results of punctures he proposed also to make his tire in sectional compartments, so that if one compartment was punctured the others would still hold good. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Karkov always punctured him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We still were fighting furiously as we talked in broken sentences, punctured with vicious cuts and thrusts at our swarming enemy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- To obviate the bad results of punctures he proposed also to make his tire in sectional compartments, so that if one compartment was punctured the others would still hold good. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Virginia