Dictionary Entry
puncture
puncture is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 17 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.
- 2noun
A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin.
- 3transitive verb
To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.
- 4noun
the act of puncturing or perforating
- 5noun
a small hole made by a sharp object
- 6noun
loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- 7verb
be pierced or punctured
"The tire punctured"
- 8verb
cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing
"puncture an air balloon"
- 9verb
reduce or lessen the size or importance of
"The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
Synonyms
- 10verb
pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
"puncture a tire"
- 11verb
make by piercing
"puncture a hole"
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