puncture
verb/ˈpʌŋktʃə(r)/
/ˈpʌŋktʃər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they puncture | /ˈpʌŋktʃə(r)/ /ˈpʌŋktʃər/ |
| he / she / it punctures | /ˈpʌŋktʃəz/ /ˈpʌŋktʃərz/ |
| past simple punctured | /ˈpʌŋktʃəd/ /ˈpʌŋktʃərd/ |
| past participle punctured | /ˈpʌŋktʃəd/ /ˈpʌŋktʃərd/ |
| -ing form puncturing | /ˈpʌŋktʃərɪŋ/ /ˈpʌŋktʃərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] puncture (something) to make a small hole in something; to get a small hole
- to puncture a tyre
- She was taken to the hospital with broken ribs and a punctured lung.
- One of the front tyres had punctured.
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- [transitive] puncture something to suddenly make somebody feel less confident, proud, etc.
- to puncture somebody’s confidence
- The earlier mood of optimism had been punctured.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin punctura, from punct- ‘pricked’, from the verb pungere. The verb dates from the late 17th cent.
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