A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.

(transitive) To inflate by means of a pump. / (transitive) To inflate with a pumping action. / (transitive, figuratively) To excite a person or group to a frenzy.

A light, flaky pastry that is made of alternating buttery and floury dough layers by repeatedly folding the rolled pastry into many layers.

(informal) A fight with the fists.

Misspelling of punch up.

A famous person whose life is the subject of public interest.

(Britain, slang) Out seeking a sexual partner.

(idiomatic, informal) To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task.

(idiomatic) To start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts.

A paper tape punch that does not produce little pieces of paper. Instead, "the perforations are not completely cut out but the chads are permitted to remain attached to the perforated material (for example, tape)". (U.S. Patent 2,255,794, filed May 20, 1939)