puncture

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as I heard the steam escape Had I lost at that awful juncture my presence of mind but no I leaned and felt for the puncture, and plugged it there with my toe Hand over hand by the Members' Stand I lifted and eased her up Shot--clean and fair--to the crossbar there, and landed the Jubilee Cup The odd by a head, and leg before," so the Judge he gave the word And the umpire shouted "Over!"

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  1. transitive verb To pierce with a pointed object.
  2. transitive verb To make (a hole) by piercing.
  3. transitive verb To cause to collapse by piercing.
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  • There had been a tiny puncture, almost invisible, and his father had regained his composure and insisted that it would be nothing. —  Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 01 - Fer-de-Lance
  • On Thursday I went out for a ride and got a puncture, and on Friday I did a few errands, and June gave me fourpence to go to the pictures. —  The Rising of the Moon - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 18: 1945
  • His ears were cauliflowered; something had chewed the tip of one, and the other was perforated as though for an ear-ring except that the puncture was about the size of a rifle bullet. —  004 - The Polar Treasure
  • Reports also indicate that plantar skin is somewhat resistant to puncture, the integument attempting to shape itself around any sharp objects it comes into contact with.
  • During the lumbar puncture, a small needle is inserted into the patient's lower spine. —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Middle English, a pricking, from Late Latin pūnctūra, from pūnctus, past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Spanish Italian puntura = Portuguese punctura, puntura, from Late Latin punctura, a pricking, a puncture, from Latin pungere, past participle punctus, pierce, prick: see pungent, point.
  2. from puncture, n.
 

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/ˈpəŋktʃər/
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