punchable

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adjective

Suitable for being punched or perforated.

“He has an eminently punchable face!”

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivepunchable (comparative more punchable, superlative most punchable)

comparative more punchable · superlative most punchable

  1. Suitable for being punched or perforated.

    a material that is punchable at low temperatures

  2. colloquialDeserving to be punched or struck, or evoking the desire to do so.

    He has an eminently punchable face!

    1 more example

    “An emotion is something that you construct in your own brain,” Barrett said, as is perception. Shkreli’s face scans as punchable to so many because of this tendency to “experience the emotion to be a property of the thing in the world and not your own experience.”

    2016 October 2, Jessica Goldstein, “We Asked Scientists: Just How Punchable is Martin Shkreli’s Face?”, in Center for Law, Brain & Behavior

    Synonyms: punchworthy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDeserving to be punched or struck, or evoking the desire to do so.

Also see

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 欠揍, 欠扁
  • 欠揍 (qiànzòu)deserving to be punched or struck
  • 欠扁 (qiànbiǎn)deserving to be punched or struck
Portuguese socável
  • socávelsuitable for being punched
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “punchable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punchable.

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