punching
pronunciation
How to pronounce punching in British English:
UK ['pʌntʃɪŋ]
How to pronounce punching in American English:
US ['pʌntʃɪŋ]
Word Origin
- punching (n.)
- c. 1400, "the cutting out of figures;" early 15c. as "a blow with the fist," verbal noun from punch (v.). Related: Punching-bag (1889, figurative sense by 1903; also punch-bag).
Example
- 1. But while jobs is feted as a progressive icon , phil knight is a punching bag for activists like michael moore .
- 2. Huawei has become a punching bag for americans wary of china , said its chief spokesman in washington , william plummer .
- 3. What else you been punching ?
- 4. You 're talking to the punching bag .
- 5. You want this punching bag ?