Meaning

• A hit or strike with one's fist.

• Power, strength, energy.

• Impact.

Meaning

• To strike with one's fist.

  "If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose."

• (of cattle) To herd.

• To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.

• To enter (information) on a device or system.

• To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.

  "He punched a hit into shallow left field."

• To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc)

• To thrust against; to poke.

  "to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow"