hole punch

noun

A tool that is used to make holes in stationery for ease of filing.

Similar
hole puncherpaper punchperforator
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Meanings

nounhole punch (plural hole punches)

plural hole punches · alternative especially noun holepunch · alternative especially verb hole-punch

  1. A tool that is used to make holes in stationery for ease of filing.

    Synonyms: hole puncher, paper punch, perforator

verbhole punch (third-person singular simple present hole punches, present participle hole punching, simple past and past participle hole punched)

present singular third person hole punches · participle present hole punching · participle past hole punched · past hole punched · alternative especially noun holepunch · alternative especially verb hole-punch

  1. transitiveTo punch holes using a hole punch.
  2. transitivecomputingTo create a NAT, WAN-to-LAN port forwarding on the router.
  3. transitivecomputingTo deallocate storage blocks within an existing file without moving or resizing the file.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tool that is used to make holes in stationery for ease of filing.

Similar
hole puncherpaper punchperforator
Also see
hole puncherpaper punchperforator

Translations

Afrikaans gaatjiesdrukker
  • gaatjiesdrukkertool
Arabic خَرَّامَة, خَرَّامَة وَرَق
  • خَرَّامَة (ḵarrāma)tool
  • خَرَّامَة وَرَق (ḵarrāmat waraq)tool
Bulgarian перфора́тор
  • перфора́тор (perforátor)tool
Catalan perforadora
  • perforadoratool
Chinese Cantonese 打窿機 /打窿机, 釘窿機 /钉窿机
  • 打窿機 /打窿机tool
  • 釘窿機 /钉窿机tool
Chinese Mandarin 打孔器, 打孔機 /打孔机
  • 打孔器 (dǎkǒngqì)tool
  • 打孔機 /打孔机 (dǎkǒngjī)tool
  • 釘孔機 /钉孔机 (dīngkǒngjī)tool
  • 穿孔機 /穿孔机 (chuānkǒngjī)tool
Czech děrovačka
  • děrovačkatool
Danish hullemaskine, hulapparat
  • hullemaskinetool
  • hulapparattool
Dutch perforator
  • perforatortool
Esperanto truilo
  • truilotool
Estonian auguraud
  • auguraudtool
Finnish rei’ittäjä, rei’itin
  • rei’ittäjätool
  • rei’itintool
French perforateur, perforatrice
  • perforateurtool
  • perforatricetool
  • trouilloteusetool
  • trouilloteurtool
German Locher
  • Lochertool
Hebrew מְחוֹרֵר, מְנַקֵּב
  • מְחוֹרֵר (mekhorér)tool
  • מְנַקֵּב (menakév)tool
Hindi होल छिद्रक, छेद पंच
  • होल छिद्रक (hol chidrak)tool
  • छेद पंच (ched pañc)tool
Hungarian lyukasztó
  • lyukasztótool
Icelandic gatari
  • gataritool
Italian perforatrice
  • perforatricetool
Japanese 穴開けパンチ, パンチャー
  • 穴開けパンチ (ana-ake panchi)tool
  • パンチャー (panchā)tool
  • 穿孔機 (senkōki)tool
  • パンチ (panchi)tool
Korean 홀 펀치, 펀치
  • 홀 펀치 (hol peonchi)tool
  • 펀치 (peonchi)tool
  • 천공기 (cheon'gonggi)tool
Norwegian Bokmål hullemaskin
  • hullemaskintool
Polish dziurkacz
  • dziurkacztool
Portuguese perfuradora
  • perfuradoratool
Romanian perforator
  • perforatortool
Russian дыроко́л, перфора́тор
  • дыроко́л (dyrokól)tool
  • перфора́тор (perforátor)tool
Slovak dierovačka
  • dierovačkatool
Spanish perforadora, máquina perforadora
  • perforadoratool
  • máquina perforadoratool
Swedish hålslag, hålslagare
  • hålslagtool
  • hålslagaretool
  • hålslagsapparattool
Turkish delgeç
  • delgeçtool
Ukrainian діркопробива́ч
  • діркопробива́ч (dirkoprobyváč)tool
Yiddish שטעכער
  • שטעכער (shtekher)tool
Cite this entry
APA

hole punch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hole%20punch

MLA

“hole punch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hole%20punch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hole punch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hole%20punch.

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