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puncher
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun puncher has 3 senses
- puncher(n = noun.person) cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher - a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; Array has particulars: buckaroo, buckeroo, vaquero, cowgirl, gaucho, horse wrangler, wrangler, roper
- puncher(n = noun.person) Array - someone who delivers punches; Array is a kind of boxer, pugilist
- puncher(n = noun.artifact) punch - a tool for making holes or indentations; Array has particulars: center punch, punch pliers
is a kind of ranch hand
Derived form verb punch1
is a kind of tool
Derived form verb punch3
THESAURUS
puncher
broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero, cattleman, cavalier, cavalryman, chevalier, circus rider, cowboy, cowgirl, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpuncher, drover, equestrian, equestrienne, gaucho, goatherd, gooseboy, gooseherd, herder, herdsman, hogherd, horse soldier, horse wrangler, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseherd, horseman, horsewoman, jockey, knight, mounted policeman, pigman, postboy, postilion, rider, roughrider, sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd, shepherdess, steeplechaser, swanherd, swineherd, trick rider, vaquero, waddy, wranglerROGET THESAURUS
puncher
Perforator
N perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar, trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet, punch, puncheon, spikebit, gouge, spear, puncher, punching machine, punching press, punch pliers.
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