puncture
English edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin punctūra.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpʌŋktʃə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpʌŋkt͡ʃɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: punc‧ture
Noun edit
puncture (plural punctures)
- The act or an instance of puncturing.
- A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.
- There were two small punctures in his arm where the snake's fangs had pierced the skin.
- 1752 January 23, Samuel Johnson, “No. 190. Sunday, January 12. 1752 [Julian calendar].”, in The Rambler, volume VIII, Edinburgh: […] Sands, Murray, and Cochran; sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright, J. Yair, […], published 1752, →OCLC, page 44:
- The lion may perish by the puncture of an asp.
- (specifically) A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate.
- Synonyms: (US) flat tire, (US, informal) flat, (UK) flat tyre
- On the way back we got a puncture, and we were stuck at the roadside for three hours until help arrived.
- 2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, →ISBN, page 340:
- Dieter's car had suffered a puncture on the RN3 road between Paris and Meaux. A bent nail was stuck in the tire.
- 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track[1], Guardian Unlimited:
- A tough test for even the strongest climber, it was new to the Tour de France this year, but its debut will be remembered for the wrong reasons after one of those spectators scattered carpet tacks on the road and induced around 30 punctures among the group of riders including Bradley Wiggins, the Tour's overall leader, and his chief rivals.
Derived terms edit
- acupuncture
- antipuncture
- apipuncture
- aquapuncture
- arteriopuncture
- cardiopuncture
- colorpuncture
- counterpuncture
- cryopuncture
- electropuncture
- encephalopuncture
- galvanopuncture
- laserpuncture
- lumbar puncture
- macropuncture
- mesopuncture
- micropuncture
- multipuncture
- pharmacopuncture
- postpuncture
- puncturable
- puncturation
- punctureless
- punctureproof
- puncture vine
- puncture-wallah
- renipuncture
- repuncture
- sonopuncture
- vacupuncture
- venipuncture
Translations edit
hole, cut or tear
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Verb edit
puncture (third-person singular simple present punctures, present participle puncturing, simple past and past participle punctured)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
puncture — see pierce
to pierce
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Latin edit
Participle edit
pūnctūre