v (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
v (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
v (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
v (transitive) To makeholes in something (qualifier|rail ticket, leather belt, etc)
n (countable) 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.
n (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
n (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch
v To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.